Just speed, raw speed, blinding speed, too much speed.

I have observed that baseball is not unlike war, and when you get right down to it, we batters are the heavy artillery.

Baseball was one-hundred percent of my life.

I had to fight all my life to survive. They were all against me, but I beat the bastards and left them in the ditch.

When I played ball, I didn't play for fun.

I've been called one of the hardest bargainers who ever held out, and I'm proud of it.

That boy Mantle is a good one.