Don't quote me on this, but if they ever manage to ban beer advertising in baseball you can kiss the national pastime goodbye.

I don't know if I want to go to New York. They'll have to pay me a lot more money because I like it here in Kansas City.

As a ballplayer, I would be delighted to do it again. As an individual, I doubt if I could possibly go through it again.

You hit home runs not by chance, but by preparation.

Don't quote me on this, but if they ever manage to ban beer advertising in baseball you can kiss the national pastime goodbye.

Every day I went to the ballpark in Yankee Stadium as well as on the road people were on my back. The last six years in the American League were mental hell for me. I was drained of all my desire to play baseball.

I don't want to be Babe Ruth. He was a great ballplayer. I'm not trying to replace him. The record is there and damn right I want to break it, but that isn't replacing Babe Ruth.