The hardest thing to do in baseball is to hit a round baseball with a round bat, squarely.

I hope somebody hits .400 soon. Then people can start pestering that guy with questions about the last guy to hit .400.

The key to hitting is just plain working at it. Work, that's the real secret.

If I could run like Mantle I'd hit .400 every year!

They invented the All-Star game for Willie Mays.

Baseball gives every American boy a chance to excel, not just to be as good as someone else but to be better than someone else. This is the nature of man and the name of the game.

Hitting is the most important part of the game. It is where the big money is, where much of the status is, and the fan interest.