Roger Maris was as good a man and as good a ballplayer as there ever was. |
Somebody once asked me if I ever went up to the plate trying to hit a home run. I said, 'Sure, every time.' |
Somebody once asked me if I ever went up to the plate trying to hit a home run. I said, 'Sure, every time.' |
Sometimes I sit in my den at home and read stories about myself. Kids used to save whole scrapbooks on me. They get tired of them and mail them to me. I'll go in there and read them, and you know what? They might as well be about Musial and DiMaggio, it's like reading about somebody else. |
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. |
The biggest game I ever played in was probably Don Larsen's perfect game. |
The only thing I can do is play baseball. I have to play ball. It's the only thing I know. |
There's nobody like him, ... He has one plan, and that's to go up with the idea of getting a hit. |
To play 18 years in Yankee Stadium is the best thing that could ever happen to a ballplayer. |
Today's Little Leaguers, and there are millions of them each year, pick up how to hit and throw and field just by watching games on TV. By the time they're out of high school, the good ones are almost ready to play professional ball. |
Well, baseball was my whole life. Nothing's ever been as fun as baseball. |
Whenever someone says something Billy doesn't agree with, he doesn't listen very long. |