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The biggest thrill I ever had was in 1969, when they held day at Yankee Stadium.
Watch the old man. Watch how the old man keeps the guys who aren't playing happy.
They should have come out of the dugout on tippy-toes, holding hands and singing.
Every time I see his name (Dean Chance) on a lineup card, I feel like throwing up.
You don't realize how easy this game is until you get up in that broadcasting booth.
I always loved the game, but when my legs weren't hurting it was a lot easier to love.
His fielding leaves you wondering. Then he steps up to hit and all doubts start to fade.
You don't have to talk to me about pensions. I won't be around long enough to collect one.
The only thing I can do is play baseball. I have to play ball. It's the only thing I know.
It looked like Roy Rogers rode through on Trigger, and Trigger kicked the guy in the face.
It's unbelievable how much you don't know about the game you've been playing all your life.
I don't know why, but for some reason I seem to be more popular now than when I was playing.
To play 18 years in Yankee Stadium is the best thing that could ever happen to a ballplayer.
There are two kinds of people. There are leaders and there are followers. And I'm a follower.
Because the players knew that if Billy asked them to jump off a roof, he'd jump off with them.
A team is where a boy can prove his courage on his own. A gang is where a coward goes to hide.
Billy (Martin) was a great one for jokes. He liked to play a joke more than anyone I ever knew.
I don't know why Roger (Maris) isn't in the hall of fame. To me, he was as good as there ever was.
You might as well go in and start getting dressed. I'm going to hit his first pitch for a home run.
Of course, I didn't tell you about all the times I said I was going to hit one and it didn't happen.
Somebody once asked me if I ever went up to the plate trying to hit a home run. I said, 'Sure, every time.'
After they remodeled Yankee Stadium I didn't feel that the ghosts were there anymore. It just wasn't the same.
When I hit a home run I usually didn't care where it went. So long as it was a home run was all that mattered.
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.
You never have to wait long, or look far, to be reminded of how thin the line is between being a hero or a goat.
I never understood how someone who was dying could say he was the luckiest man in the world, but now I understand.
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.
I leaned on him for support when I got out of the cab, and he just crumpled to the ground. That's how we found out.
Ralph (Houk) brought out the best in everybody, and that included me. I consider myself lucky to have played for him.
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.
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.
There were things that would irritate Casey, but trying too hard or getting mad at sitting on the bench weren't among them.
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.
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!
If I send the ball home, I know what will happen to it. My twin brothers will take it out on the lot, like any 20-cent rocket.
If I hadn't met those two guys (Billy Martin and Whitey Ford) at the start of my career, I would have lasted another five years.
If you want to know who was better, me or Willie Mays, you have to look at our career stats. And Willie's bottom line was better.
I hated to bat against Drysdale. After he hit you he'd come around, look at the bruise on your arm and say, 'Do you want me to sign it?'
A lot of people wrote that Roger (Maris) and I didn't like each other and that we didn't get along. Nothing could be further from the truth.
Sometimes I think if I had the same body and the same natural ability and someone else's brain, who knows how good a player I might have been.
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.
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.
He foresaw the platooning that managers like Casey Stengel used years before it happened. He told me I had to be a switch-hitter if I was going to play.
Stay away from drugs and alcohol. Listen to your moms and dads. In this great country of ours you do whatever you set your mind to. Make us proud of you.
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.'
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.
It gave me a second chance. I'd like everybody to have a second chance if they need it, so I'm trying to let people know how important it is to become an organ donor.
After I hit a home run I had a habit of running the bases with my head down. I figured the pitcher already felt bad enough without me showing him up rounding the bases.
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 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.