All I want out of life is that when I walk down the street, folks will say, "There goes the greatest hitter who ever lived."

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

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

The most fun I ever had in my life was hittin' a baseball. And the best sound I ever heard in my life was a ball hit with a bat. Powww!

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.

All managers are losers, they are the most expendable pieces of furniture on the face of the Earth.

God gets you to the plate, but once you're there you're on your own.