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

I thought I raised a ballplayer. You're nothing but a coward and a quitter.

Watch the old man. Watch how the old man keeps the guys who aren't playing happy.

If you want to know who was better, me or Willie Mays, you have to look at our career stats. And Willie's bottom line was better.

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.

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.

We know you can bunt, Mick. You're not down here to bunt. You're here to get some hits and get your swing back.