I don’t know why, but for some reason I seem to be more popular now than when I was playing.
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 I know how he felt.
My biggest regret was letting my lifetime average drop below .300. I always felt I was a .300 hitter, and if I could change one thing that would be it.
The best hitter I ever saw was Ted Williams.
I think the best all-round baseball player ever was Joe DiMaggio.
At my best I was as good as anyone.
You don’t have to talk to me about pensions. I won’t be around long enough to collect one.
The hardest thing to do in sports, I think, is to hit a home run.
I never got to see the ’27 Yankees. Everyone says that was the greatest team ever. But I think it would’ve been a great series if we’d have had the chance to play them.
I’ve heard about you. I’ve heard about you, too.
Not after all the time my dad spent teaching me to switch-hit.
I expected him to say, ‘Hang in there’ or something like that. It took me an hour to talk him into giving me another chance!
We know you can bunt, Mick. You’re not down here to bunt. You’re here to get some hits and get your swing back.
He can run, steal bases, throw, hit for average, and hit with power like I’ve never seen. Just don’t put him at shortstop.
To get a better piece of chicken, you’d have to be a rooster.
I had it all and blew it.
I don’t care who you are, you hear those boos.
If the World Series was on the line and I could pick one pitcher to pitch the game, I’d choose Whitey Ford every time.
I played seven years without ever hitting the ball.
The biggest game I ever played in was probably Don Larsen’s perfect game.