If that guy (Mickey Mantle) were healthy, he'd hit 80 home runs.

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.

Ed (Runge), you're the second best umpire in the league. The other twenty-three are tied for first.

You don't always make an out. Sometimes the pitcher gets you out.

I remember I was a scared rookie, hitting .220 after the first three months of my baseball season, and doubting my ability.

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.