A lot of hitters stay away from the plate, some are close up, some are forward, some are back. The thing about hitting is this: You have to know the strike zone. That's the most important thing. Hit strikes and put the bat on the ball.

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.

The key to hitting for high average is to relax, concentrate, and don't hit the fly ball to center field.

The first principle of contract negotiations is don't remind them of what you did in the past - tell them what you're going to do in the future.

Get eight hours of sleep regularly. Keep your weight down, run a mile a day.

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

I consciously memorized the speed at which every pitcher in the league threw his fastball, curve, and slider; then, I'd pick up the speed of the ball in the first thirty feet of its flight and knew how it would move once it had crossed the plate.