I never understood how someone who was dying could say he was the luckiest man in the world, but now I understand.

If I were playing today I'd do what Joe DiMaggio said. I'd go knock on the door at Yankee Stadium and when George Steinbrenner answered I'd say, 'Howdy, pardner.'

I wanted to throw my glass at the TV.

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.

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

My biggest regret was letting my lifetime average drop below .300. I always felt I was a .300 hitter, and if I could change one thing that would be it.

Sometimes I sit in my den at home and read stories about myself. Kids used to save whole scrapbooks on me. They get tired of them and mail them to me. I'll go in there and read them, and you know what? They might as well be about (Stan) Musial and (Joe) DiMaggio, it's like reading about somebody else.