Cooperstown is the greatest place on Earth.
I went on inactive duty in August 1945, and since I had stayed in such good shape and had played ball on military teams, I was ready to start for the Indians just two days later, against the Tigers.
Nowadays, they have more trouble packing hair dryers than baseball equipment.
Life comes down to honesty and doing what's right. That's what's most important.
I would rather beat the Yankees regularly than pitch a no hit game.
You can talk about teamwork on a baseball team, but I'll tell you, it takes teamwork when you have 2,900 men stationed on the U.S.S. Alabama in the South Pacific.