When they knock you down, you not only have to get up, but you have to make it clear that you won't be knocked down a second time..

I'm very pleased and very proud of my accomplishments, but I'm most proud of that (hitting four-hundred home runs and three-thousand hits). Not (Ted)….

Anything less would not have been worthy of me. Anything more would not have been possible..

If that guy (Mickey Mantle) were healthy, he'd hit 80 home runs..

I never stay away from workouts. I work hard. I've tried to take care of my body. I'll never look back and say that I could have done more. I've paid….

And if I have my choice between a pennant and a triple crown, I'll take the pennant every time..

You never know what's going to happen. Anything can happen there... and often does..

I was a lousy hitter in May doing the same things that made me a great hitter in June..

The three-thousand hitting thing was the first time I let individual pressure get to me. I was uptight about it. When I saw the hit going through, I ….

The moment the game (AL Pennant versus the Twins) was over I sprinted for the dugout. The fans were pouring onto the field. If they'd caught me they'….

I knew when the ball was going out (over the Green Monster). It was something I worked into the decoy, but it used to tick the pitchers off. Bill Mon….

The race doesn't always belong to the swift nor the battle to the strong. It belongs rather to those who run the race, who stay the course and who fi….

I came to love Fenway. It was a place that rejuvenated me after a road trip; the fans right on top of you, the nutty angles. And the Wall. That was m….

I was lucky enough to have the talent to play baseball. That's how I treated my career. I didn't think I was anybody special, anybody different..

You don't always make an out. Sometimes the pitcher gets you out..

I remember I was a scared rookie, hitting .220 after the first three months of my baseball season, and doubting my ability..

This is a strange game..

Ed (Runge), you're the second best umpire in the league. The other twenty-three are tied for first..

Red Sox versus Yankees is the greatest rivalry in sports..

I think about baseball when I wake up in the morning. I think about it all day and I dream about it at night. The only time I don't think about it is….

I loved the game - I loved the competition. But I never had any fun. All hard work - all the time..