You don't have to be big to be a big leaguer. Look at Phil Rizzuto. He's really small and he's been one of the greatest that ever was.

Second base is anything but magic. If it's anything at all, it's speed, sureness with your hands and lots of hard work.

We really had baseball in the family. Even that little habit I've got of chewing tobacco on the ball field sort of comes from my dad.

On two legs, Mickey Mantle would have been the greatest ballplayer who ever lived.

I don't think anyone ever liked to play more than I did.

We won (the pennant) because we've got a superior ball club. Not many stars perhaps, but the kind of team that always plays well together.

What is the top requirement for a second baseman? A fine shortstop. I am fortunate in having the greatest shortstop in baseball, Luis Aparicio.