Roger Maris was as good a man and as good a ballplayer as there ever was.

As far as I'm concerned, Aaron is the best ball player of my era. He is to baseball of the last fifteen years what Joe DiMaggio was before him. He's never received the credit he's due.

After I hit a home run I had a habit of running the bases with my head down. I figured the pitcher already felt bad enough without me showing him up rounding the bases.

I'll play baseball for the Army or fight for it, whatever they want me to do.

I think the best all-round baseball player ever was Joe DiMaggio.

Hitting the ball was easy. Running around the bases was the tough part.

You hit .350 you're a leader. You hit .250 and you're not.