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

If I were playing today I'd do what Joe DiMaggio said. I'd go knock on the door at Yankee Stadium and when George Steinbrenner answered I'd say, 'How….

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

Stay away from drugs and alcohol. Listen to your moms and dads. In this great country of ours you do whatever you set your mind to. Make us proud of ….

Bravery is a complicated thing to describe. You can't say it's three feet long and two feet wide and that it weighs four hundred pounds or that it's ….

After I hit a home run I had a habit of running the bases with my head down. I figured the pitcher already felt bad enough without me showing him up ….

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

You never have to wait long, or look far, to be reminded of how thin the line is between being a hero or a goat..

I hated to bat against Drysdale. After he hit you he'd come around, look at the bruise on your arm and say, 'Do you want me to sign it?'.

I've often wondered how a man who knew he was going to die could stand here and say he was the luckiest man on the face of the earth, but now I guess….

During my 18 years I came to bat almost 10,000 times. I struck out about 1,700 times and walked maybe 1,800 times. You figure a ballplayer will avera….

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

All the ballparks and the big crowds have a certain mystique. You feel attached, permanently wedded to the sounds that ring out, to the fans chanting….

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

When I'm hitting, I'd play for nothing. When I'm not, any kind of money I receive makes me feel as if I'm stealing..

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

If I hadn't met those two guys (Billy Martin and Whitey Ford) at the start of my career, I would have lasted another five years..

Somebody once asked me if I ever went up to the plate trying to hit a home run. I said, 'Sure, every time.'.

As far as I'm concerned, Aaron is the best ball player of my era. He is to baseball of the last fifteen years what Joe DiMaggio was before him. He's ….

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

My dad taught me to switch-hit. He and my grandfather, who was left-handed, pitched to me every day after school in the back yard. I batted lefty a….