"Why use seven letters when four will do?" - on why he signed his name
'Chas. Gehringer'
Not true; if somebody asked me a question, I would answer them. If
they said, 'Pass the salt,' I would pass the salt. - on his reputation
for never speaking
I'm known around baseball as saying very little, and I'm not going to
spoil my reputation. - his entire speech at a civic banquet in his
honor