To his teammates during a pre-All-Star-Game clubhouse meeting:
You guys are trying to stop Musial in 15 minutes while the National League ain't stopped him in 15 years.
On July 12, 1949
As quoted in "Baseball is a Funny Game" (1960) by Joe Garagiola; Cited in "Point Blank" by Don Bryant, in The Lincoln Star (Sunday, June 5, 1960), p. 31.
