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.

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

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.'

Always wanted to be a Major League player. Loved baseball. Followed it. Loved to play. Plus, I could always hit.

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.

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.