I'll play baseball for the Army or fight for it, whatever they want me to do.

Well, I beat my man. Now it's up to you to beat yours.

There were things that would irritate Casey, but trying too hard or getting mad at sitting on the bench weren't among them.

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.

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.

When I first came to Yankee Stadium I used to feel like the ghosts of Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig were walking around in there.