Joe DiMaggio was the greatest all-around player I ever saw. His career can not be summed up in numbers and awards. It might sound corny, but he had a profound and lasting impact on the country.

I've found in life the more you practice, the better you get. If you want something enough and work hard to get it, your chances of success are greater.

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.

Think. Don't just swing. Think about the pitcher, what he threw you last time up, his best pitch, who's up next. Think.

Hitting is fifty percent above the shoulders.

There goes the greatest hitter who ever lived

There's only one way to become a hitter. Go up to the plate and get mad. Get mad at yourself and mad at the pitcher.