No man has ever been a perfect ballplayer. Stan Musial, however, is the closest to being perfect in the game today.

The longer I live, the longer I realize that batting is more a mental matter than it is physical. The ability to grasp the bat, swing at the proper time, take a proper stance; all these are elemental. Batting is rather a study in psychology, a sizing up of a pitcher and catcher and observing little details that are of immense importance. It's like the study of crime, the work of a detective as he picks up clues.

Every great batter works on the theory that the pitcher is more afraid of him than he is of the pitcher.

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.

That boy Mantle is a good one.

I never could stand losing. Second place didn't interest me. I had a fire in my belly.

When two doctors pass each other on the street they wink at each other.