Hitting the ball was easy. Running around the bases was the tough part.

If the World Series was on the line and I could pick one pitcher to pitch the game, I'd choose Whitey Ford every time.

Watch the old man. Watch how the old man keeps the guys who aren't playing happily.

If you want to know who was better, me or Willie Mays, you have to look at our career stats. And Willie's bottom line was better.

The best team I ever saw, and I mean this, was the '61 Yankees.

I guess you could say I'm what this country is all about.

It was all I lived for, to play baseball.

Thank God for baseball.

Don't do as I did. I'm living proof of how not to live.

I always loved the game, but when my legs weren't hurting it was a lot easier to love.

No man in the history of baseball had as much power as . No man.

Well, baseball was my whole life. Nothing's ever been as fun as baseball.

To get a better piece of chicken, you'd have to be a rooster.

He who has the fastest golf cart never has a bad lie.

I thought I raised a ballplayer. You're nothing but a coward and a quitter.

If I had played my career hitting singles like Pete (Rose), I'd wear a dress.

It's unbelievable how much you don't know about the game you've been playing all your life.

A team is where a boy can prove his courage on his own. A gang is where a coward goes to hide.

When asked about which team is the toughest team in the league, responded with an answer that all volleyball players must comprehend. He said simply that it was, 'The team you are playing.'