What made me sign with the Cardinals? Because they used salesmanship, the personal touch.

Back in my day, we didn't think about money as much. We enjoyed playing the game. We loved baseball. I didn't think about anybody else but the Cardinals.

It seemed like I always did some great hitting in Brooklyn. The field there was close to the stands. Every time I started walking to the plate, I could hear the fans say, 'Here comes that man again. Here comes that man.'

I learned to hit with a broomstick and a ball of tape and I could always get that bat on the ball.

Unless you give it all you've got, there isn't any sense in playing.

There was never a day when I was as good as Joe DiMaggio at his best. Joe was the best, the very best I ever saw.

I think I had the smallest handle around. When I got my bats, I even trimmed them down. I used to scrape them. Some years later when I started getting older, I used to start with a 33 and in the summer it got down to 31 and then probably in September got down to 30.