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

I needed to join the Navy. If you ask the people in Europe who won World War II, they don't say the Allies, they say the United States won the war and saved the world.

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

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

As much as we disliked the Yankees, fans and players alike, they were good for baseball. They consistently unsuccessful teams like the Browns, Senators, and A's paid a lot of their bills with those big crowds that poured through the gates when the Yankees came to town.

The difference between relief pitching when I did it today is simple, there is too much of it. It's one of those cases where more is not necessarily better.

Nowadays, they have more trouble packing hair dryers than baseball equipment.