A lot of people wrote that Roger (Maris) and I didn't like each other and that we didn't get along. Nothing could be further from the truth.

Billy (Martin) was a great one for jokes. He liked to play a joke more than anyone I ever knew.

It was all I lived for, to play baseball.

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.

Hey man! Get away from me!

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.

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.