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.

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.

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.

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

I love to play this game of baseball. I love putting on the uniform.

What I try to do is never to hurt anybody else and figure if I don't, then I'm not likely to get hurt myself.

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