The biggest thrill I ever had was in 1969, when they held day at Yankee Stadium.

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

Somebody once asked me if I ever went up to the plate trying to hit a home run. I said, 'Sure, every time.'

I played seven years without ever hitting the ball.

I had it all and blew it.

I've often wondered how a man who knew he was going to die could stand here and say he was the luckiest man on the face of the earth, but now I guess I know how he felt.

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