Watch the old man. Watch how the old man keeps the guys who aren't playing happy.
At my best I was as good as anyone.
It's what you're worth.
The best hitter I ever saw was Ted Williams.
The strain on Roger (Maris) was unbelievable. After I dropped out the reporters only had one guy to go to. They surrounded him everywhere he went. He had big clumps of hair falling out. That he went ahead and did it was unbelievable.
It was all I lived for, to play baseball.
He foresaw the platooning that managers like Casey Stengel used years before it happened. He told me I had to be a switch-hitter if I was going to play.
I don't care who you are, you hear those boos.
After they remodeled Yankee Stadium I didn't feel that the ghosts were there anymore. It just wasn't the same.
All I have is natural ability.
In 1961 somebody could've hit a home run to win the game and the next day the headline was about the M&M boys not hitting a home run. But everyone was real good about it. Instead of getting mad they joked about it.
The hardest thing to do in sports, I think, is to hit a home run.
If the World Series was on the line and I could pick one pitcher to pitch the game, I'd choose Whitey Ford every time.
Casey didn't easily forgive a guy who got doubled up on a hit-and-run play. He didn't see any reason why the runner couldn't take a quick glance back toward the plate to make sure the ball was hit safely.
To play 18 years in Yankee Stadium is the best thing that could ever happen to a ballplayer.
Hey man! Get away from me!
I don't know why Roger (Maris) isn't in the hall of fame. To me, he was as good as there ever was.
The only thing I can do is play baseball. I have to play ball. It's the only thing I know.
It gave me a second chance. I'd like everybody to have a second chance if they need it, so I'm trying to let people know how important it is to become an organ donor.
I never got to see the '27 Yankees. Everyone says that was the greatest team ever. But I think it would've been a great series if we'd have had the chance to play them.
I'll play baseball for the Army or fight for it, whatever they want me to do.
It was the single greatest feat I ever saw.
Because the players knew that if Billy asked them to jump off a roof, he'd jump off with them.
In 1960 when Pittsburgh beat us in the World Series, we outscored them 55-27. It was the only time I think the better team lost. I was so disappointed I cried on the plane ride home.
It looked like Roy Rogers rode through on Trigger, and Trigger kicked the guy in the face.
