Cooperstown is the greatest place on Earth.

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

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.

I would rather beat the Yankees regularly than pitch a no hit game.

My father kept me busy from dawn to dusk when I was a kid. When I wasn't pitching hay, hauling corn or running a tractor, I was heaving a baseball into his mitt behind the barn... If all the parents in the country followed his rule, juvenile delinquency would be cut in half in a year's time.

The soldiers that didn't come back were the heroes. It's a roll of the dice. If a bullet has your name on it, you're a hero. If you hear a bullet go by, you're a survivor.

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