My dad taught me to switch-hit. He and my grandfather, who was left-handed, pitched to me every day after school in the back yard. I batted lefty against my dad and righty against my granddad.

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

A lot of people wrote that Roger (Maris) and I didn't like each other and that we didn't get along. Nothing could be further from the truth.

If the World Series was on the line and I could pick one pitcher to pitch the game, I'd choose Whitey Ford every time.

I don't know why Roger (Maris) isn't in the hall of fame. To me, he was as good as there ever was.

To play 18 years in Yankee Stadium is the best thing that could ever happen to a ballplayer.

To get a better piece of chicken, you'd have to be a rooster.