You don't have to be big to be a big leaguer. Look at Phil Rizzuto. He's really small and he's been one of the greatest that ever was..

On two legs, Mickey Mantle would have been the greatest ballplayer who ever lived..

All small men, all non-power hitters, must learn to bunt well. It's half your game..

(Jim) Landis is such a good player because he plays every day as if he expects to be sent to the minors next week..

No one had to tell me I was never going to be a home run hitter. I was hitting the same ball as the rest of the players, but when the big guys cracke….

If a ballplayer is satisfied, he's going to slip. You have to keep fighting to improve..

(Al) Lopez is a great believer in speed and hustle, in the go-go style of baseball. No other manager is so determined a foe of stodgy baseball, lack ….

(Doc) Cramer told me I was hitting too much off the front foot and that I wasn't using the right kind of bat. I had been using a long, skinny stick a….

We won (the pennant) because we've got a superior ball club. Not many stars perhaps, but the kind of team that always plays well together..

We really had baseball in the family. Even that little habit I've got of chewing tobacco on the ball field sort of comes from my dad..

On October 19, 1949, I got a telephone call from the Philadelphia (A's) front office informing me I had been traded to the White Sox for Joe Tipton. ….

I don't think anyone ever liked to play more than I did..

Second base is anything but magic. If it's anything at all, it's speed, sureness with your hands and lots of hard work..

What is the top requirement for a second baseman? A fine shortstop. I am fortunate in having the greatest shortstop in baseball, Luis Aparicio..