I had the opportunity to go with some other teams. But I didn't consider those teams to be contenders, and I was right.

There was never a day when I was as good as Joe DiMaggio at his best. Joe was the best, the very best I ever saw.

There is no one correct way to bat, and so of course there is no one correct stance for it.

Get eight hours of sleep regularly. Keep your weight down, run a mile a day.

Hitting is like swimming. Once you learn the stroke, you never forget it.

The key to hitting for high average is to relax, concentrate, and don't hit the fly ball to center field.

Unless you give it all you've got, there isn't any sense in playing.

I love to play this game of baseball. I love putting on the uniform.

When a pitcher's throwing a spitball, don't worry and don't complain, just hit the dry side like I do.

I have a darn good job, but please don't ask me what I do.

I understand business and understand the ugly face of baseball, which is the business part of baseball.

Some other things I don't miss: the media and the pressure of just being asked to do, and being asked questions every day.

Some of the things I've done are really special.

I doubt that I will get involved with politics. That's something I don't have in me.

If I wanted to pitch that bad, I probably would. But I don't think I'm in that stage.

I'm open to play for anybody that would give me respect, treat me the right way, and actually going to make me feel comfortable.

I wasn't playing mind games with anybody, I just said what I said. I am responsible for it, but I wish everybody would fall asleep for that one and let me go out there and do my thing.

My first ball I ever got from a big-league player I actually got to purchase in Dodger Stadium in a silent auction, was Reggie Jackson.

I get a lot of kids distracted. Sometimes they got to go cover left field, but they're over here talking to me, getting an autograph.