When they knock you down, you not only have to get up, but you have to make it clear that you won't be knocked down a second time.

When they knock you down, you not only have to get up, but you have to make it clear that you won't be knocked down a second time.

I'm very pleased and very proud of my accomplishments, but I'm most proud of that (hitting four-hundred home runs and three-thousand hits). Not (Ted) Williams, not (Lou) Gehrig, not (Joe) DiMaggio did that. They were Cadillacs and I'm a Chevrolet.

Red Sox versus Yankees is the greatest rivalry in sports.

I came to love Fenway. It was a place that rejuvenated me after a road trip; the fans right on top of you, the nutty angles. And the Wall. That was my baby, the left-field wall, the Green Monster.

I loved the game - I loved the competition. But I never had any fun. All hard work - all the time.

The moment the game (AL Pennant versus the Twins) was over I sprinted for the dugout. The fans were pouring onto the field. If they'd caught me they'd have torn my uniform into shreds for souvenirs.