Yankee Stadium, it's like everything else in this country. In Europe, they save all their old buildings for history. Here, we just tear them all down.

Life comes down to honesty and doing what's right. That's what's most important.

Cooperstown is the greatest place on Earth.

Ted Williams was the greatest hitter I ever saw, but DiMaggio was the greatest all around player.

I spent 34 months on the battleship Alabama, South Dakota-class. I was a gun captain. First we went to Russia for about 11 months with the British convoys. Then we were up in Norway and Scandinavia.

Baseball in the Navy always was much more fun than it had been in the major leagues.

Trying to sneak a fastball by Ted Williams was like trying to sneak a sunbeam by a rooster in the morning.