Heroes are people who are all good with no bad in them. That’s the way I always saw Joe DiMaggio. He was beyond question one of the greatest players of the century.
A body came flying out and landed at my feet. At first I thought it was Billy so I picked him up. But when I saw it wasn’t I dropped him back down.
I never saw him fight. I never saw Billy fight.
It looked like Roy Rogers rode through on Trigger, and Trigger kicked the guy in the face.
I wanted to throw my glass at the TV.
Thank God for baseball.
You hit .350 you’re a leader. You hit .250 and you’re not.
There are two kinds of people. There are leaders and there are followers. And I’m a follower.
Of course, I didn’t tell you about all the times I said I was going to hit one and it didn’t happen.
You might as well go in and start getting dressed. I’m going to hit his first pitch for a home run.
What did you say, Joe?
Those people don’t know how tough that really was.
Hey Mantle, you win. You’re the worst.
After they remodeled Yankee Stadium I didn’t feel that the ghosts were there anymore. It just wasn’t the same.
When I first came to Yankee Stadium I used to feel like the ghosts of Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig were walking around in there.
Before you go, would you sign that case of balls for me?
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.
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, ‘Howdy, pardner.’
As far as he knew, I was dying.
The biggest thrill I ever had was in 1969, when they held day at Yankee Stadium.