"A pitcher has to look at the hitter as his mortal enemy."

"That space between the white lines-that’s my office. That's where I conduct my business."

"A pitcher is only as good as his legs."

"A pitcher will never be a big winner until he hates hitters."

"I don't like losing a ball game any more than a salesman likes losing a sale."

"I've got a right to knock down anybody holding a bat."

"You can't get enjoyment out of hate. I wish I could live by this one-hundred percent, but every fourth or fifth day during the summer, I go into a Jekyll and Hyde act. Every time a player gets a hit or home run off me I get strange notions and ideas of things I would like to do to him. Then after the game I feel ashamed and think to myself, 'This guy is a nice fellow and I wonder what's happening to you, Early?' So I'll call him up and invite him to be my guest at dinner and spend the evening talking shop."