If you don't throw it, they can't hit it.

No one hit home runs the way Babe (Ruth) did. They were something special. They were like homing pigeons. The ball would leave the bat, pause briefly, suddenly gain its bearings, then take off for the stands.

I never had a bad night in my life, but I've had a few bad mornings.

When I first signed with the Yankees, the regulars wouldn't talk to you until you were with the team three or four years. Nowadays the rookies get $100,000 to sign and they don't talk to the regulars.

I'm something like the old soak who never knew whether his wife told him to take one drink and come home at 12, or take 12 and come home at one.

I've got a new invention. It's a revolving bowl for tired goldfish.

I was the worst hitter ever. I never even broke a bat until last year when I was backing out of the garage.