Nobody lives forever and I've had a blessed life.

Where the ball went was up to heaven. Sometimes I threw the ball clean up into the stands.

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

My father loved baseball and he cultivated my talent. I don't think he ever had any doubt in his mind that I would play professional baseball someday.

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

If you believe your catcher is intelligent and you know that he has considerable experience, it is a good thing to leave the game almost entirely in his hands.

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.