People say Yogi (Berra) is a strange guy, and I've heard Yogi say some funny things. But he has a beautiful wife, he's rich, and he's famous. I don't see anything strange about that.

It was all I lived for, to play baseball.

In 1961 somebody could've hit a home run to win the game and the next day the headline was about the M&M boys not hitting a home run. But everyone was real good about it. Instead of getting mad they joked about it.

Ralph (Houk) brought out the best in everybody, and that included me. I consider myself lucky to have played for him.

I expected him to say, 'Hang in there' or something like that. It took me an hour to talk him into giving me another chance!

The best team I ever saw, and I really mean this, was the '61 Yankees.

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