It's a bit of both and neither at the same time. Some quotes were taken out of context: "when you come to a fork in the road take it" - both forks lead to his

It's a bit of both and neither at the same time. Some quotes were taken out of context: "when you come to a fork in the road take it" - both forks lead to his house. He never graduated high school which created interesting dialog and attributed to some of his quotes. Regardless, he played for 17 years in the majors, and managed several more. He went to the championship something like 75% of the time. He was a good player, said interesting things, and had high baseball IQ. You can observe a lot by watching a guy like that.