I never saw him fight. I never saw Billy fight.

He foresaw the platooning that managers like Casey Stengel used years before it happened. He told me I had to be a switch-hitter if I was going to play.

When I first came to Yankee Stadium I used to feel like the ghosts of Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig were walking around in there.

I wanted to throw my glass at the TV.

I always loved the game, but when my legs weren't hurting it was a lot easier to love.

I hated to bat against Drysdale. After he hit you he'd come around, look at the bruise on your arm and say, 'Do you want me to sign it?'

There are two kinds of people. There are leaders and there are followers. And I'm a follower.