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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.