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

I started to crouch because that way I could guard the plate better, and I always wanted to hit .300 in the big leagues.

The one unbreakable rule about hitting is this: if a batter hits well with his own particular stance and swing, think twice - or more - before suggesting a change.

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.'

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

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 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.