It looked like Roy Rogers rode through on Trigger, and Trigger kicked the guy in the face.

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

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

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.'

Sometimes I think if I had the same body and the same natural ability and someone else's brain, who knows how good a player I might have been.

All the ballparks and the big crowds have a certain mystique. You feel attached, permanently wedded to the sounds that ring out, to the fans chanting your name, even when there are only four or five thousand in the stands on a Wednesday afternoon.

Hey Mantle, you win. You're the worst.