I don't think anyone ever liked to play more than I did.
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.
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.
All small men, all non-power hitters, must learn to bunt well. It's half your game.
On two legs, Mickey Mantle would have been the greatest ballplayer who ever lived.
(Doc) Cramer told me I was hitting too much off the front foot and that I wasn't using the right kind of bat. I had been using a long, skinny stick and Cramer got me a thicker one.