As far as he knew, I was dying.

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?'

A team is where a boy can prove his courage on his own. A gang is where a coward goes to hide.

Heroes are people who are all good with no bad in them. That's the way I always saw Joe DiMaggio. He was beyond question one of the greatest players of the century.

As far as he knew, I was dying.

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

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