If I could run like Mantle I'd hit .400 every year!
Just keep going. Everybody gets better if they keep at it.
You have to hit the fastball to play in the big leagues.
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.
You've got to be ready for the fastball.
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.