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

I don't see pitches down the middle anymore - not even in batting practice.

I'm hoping someday that some kid, black or white, will hit more home runs than myself. Whoever it is, I'd be pulling for him.

I've tried a lot of things in the off-season, but the only thing I really know is baseball.

The first thing baseball wants to do is make you a superstar and then say that you owe baseball something. I don't owe baseball anything. Baseball owes me.

I think what separates a superstar from the average ballplayer is that he concentrates just a little bit longer.

Consistency is what counts; you have to be able to do things over and over again.

Failure will never stand int he way of success if you learn from it.

Failure is a part of success.

I've got to be first. ALL the time.

Don't come home a failure.

Most collisions out on the fields are needless.

I'm coming down on the next pitch, Krauthead.

The crowd makes the ballgame.

That boy Mantle is a good one.

To get along with me, don't increase my tension.

The best recommendation for an umpire in the old days was: "He licked somebody in the Three-I League. He ought to do.

When I came to Detroit I was just a mild-mannered Sunday-school boy.

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