I have always felt that although someone may defeat me, and I strike out in a ball game, the pitcher on the particular day was the best player. But I….

I don't want people to forget Babe Ruth. I just want them to remember Henry Aaron..

You visualize [pitches]. You see it in your head; you think it...I used to play every pitcher in my mind before I went to the ballpark. I started get….

I had just turned 20, and Jackie told me the only way to be successful at anything was to go out and do it. He said baseball was a game you played ev….

The pitcher has got only a ball. I've got a bat. So the percentage in weapons is in my favor and I let the fellow with the ball do the fretting..

There is no logical reason why girls shouldn't play baseball. It's not all that tough..

The triple is the most exciting play in baseball. Home runs win a lot of games, but I never understood why fans are so obsessed with them..

I looked for the same pitch my whole career, a breaking ball. All of the time. I never worried about the fastball. They couldn't throw it past me, no….

The thing I like about baseball is that it's one-on-one. You stand up there alone, and if you make a mistake, it's your mistake. If you hit a home ru….

I can't recall a day this year or last when I did not hear the name of Babe Ruth..

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 am very proud to be an American. This country has so much potential, I'd just like to see things better, or whatever, and I think it will be..

You can only milk a cow so long, then you're left holding the pail..

I never thought home runs were all that exciting. I still think the triple is the most exciting thing in baseball. To me, a triple is like a guy taki….

I never thought we'd ever have a black president. President Obama has done such a tremendous job He just has been unable to get what he needs to be m….

Making the majors is not as hard as staying there, staying interested day after day. It's like being married. The hardest part is to stay married..

Sure, this country has a black president, but when you look at a black president, President Obama is left with his foot stuck in the mud from all of ….

Guessing what the pitcher is going to throw is 80% of being a successful hitter. The other 20% is just execution..

Roger Maris lost his hair the season he hit sixty-one, I still have all my hair, but when it's over, I'm going home to Mobile and fish for a long tim….

I had many, many, many death threats. I couldn't open letters for a long time, because they all had to be opened by either the FBI or somebody. I cou….

Didn't come up here to read. Came up here to hit..