Quotes

The first principle of contract negotiations is don't remind them of what you did in the past - tell them what you're going to do in the future.

There was never a day when I was as good as Joe DiMaggio at his best. Joe was the best, the very best I ever saw.

I consciously memorized the speed at which every pitcher in the league threw his fastball, curve, and slider; then, I'd pick up the speed of the ball in the first thirty feet of its flight and knew how it would move once it had crossed the plate.

Somehow it doesn't seem to be making me as nervous as when I was getting close to 3,000 hits. - on approaching Honus Wagner's 44-year-old league record for career hits in 1962

When a pitcher's throwing a spitball, don't worry and don't complain, just hit the dry side like I do.

The key to hitting for high average is to relax, concentrate, and don't hit the fly ball to center field.

[explaining his unfailingly cheerful manner] If you had a .331 lifetime batting average, you'd be happy all the time too.