They invented the All-Star game for Willie Mays.

People always told me that my natural ability and good eyesight were the reasons for my success as a hitter. They never talk about the practice, practice, practice.

If you don't think too good, don't think too much.

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

A man has to have goals - for a day, for a lifetime - and that was mine, to have people say, 'There goes Ted Williams, the greatest hitter who ever lived.'

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.

Baseball is the only field of endeavor where a man can succeed three times out of ten and be considered a good performer.