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.

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

I never realized that batting a little ball around could cause so much commotion. I now know how (Charles) Lindbergh must have felt when he returned from St. Louis.

Hitting is like swimming. Once you learn the stroke, you never forget it.

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.

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.'

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.