Quotes

A nickel ain't worth a dime anymore.

Baseball is ninety percent mental. The other half is physical.

I usually take a two-hour nap, from one o'clock to four.

It ain't over 'til it's over.

It gets late early out here.

It's so crowded nobody goes there anymore.

It's deja vu all over again.

Why buy good luggage? You only use it when you travel.

You can observe a lot by watching.

I never said half the things I said.

I want to thank everybody for making this night necessary.

Pair up by threes.

What the hell is wrong with him now? (when told by his wife that she's taken one of their sons to see the movie Dr. Zhivago)

Slump? I ain't in no slump. I'm just not hitting.

The future ain't what it used to be.

God Bless this wonderful game they call baseball.

I'm not going to buy my kids an encyclopedia. Let them walk to school like I did.

You should always go to other people's funerals, otherwise, they won't come to yours.

I don't know (if they were men or women fans running naked across the field). They had bags over their heads.

How long have you known me, Jack? And you still don't know how to spell my name. - Upon receiving a check from Jack Buck made out to "bearer.

I knew I was going to take the wrong train, so I left early.

In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is.

He hits from both sides of the plate. He's amphibious.

So I'm ugly. I never saw anyone hit with his face.

You can't compare me to my father. Our similarities are different.

Love is the most important thing in the world, but baseball is pretty good too.

(On why New York lost the 1960 World Series to Pittsburgh): We made too many wrong mistakes.

If the world were perfect, it wouldn't be.

Never answer an anonymous letter.

We grew up founding our dreams on the infinite promise of American advertising.

(When asked by a teammate why he endorsed a product that he hardly ever used) Because they paid me in cash, which is almost as good as money. (a line that was used years later in a commercial he did for AFLAC Insurance Co.).

Speaking about 1973 New York Mets' miracle finish: People thought we were dead.