Happy Birthday Tommy. We had one for you. Mickey Mantle. |
He had a great sense of humor. He always made me laugh. He was a pleasure to have in class because of that sense of humor. |
Hitting a baseball -- I've said it a thousand times -- is the single most difficult thing to do in sport. |
Hitting is fifty percent above the shoulders. |
Hitting is the most important part of the game. It is where the big money is, where much of the status is, and the fan interest. |
Hitting is the most important part of the game. It is where the big money is, where much of the status is, and the fan interest. |
I feel like it's the best gift I could've given my kids, to come down here. |
I hope somebody hits .400 soon. Then people can start pestering that guy with questions about the last guy to hit .400. |
I've found that you don't need to wear a necktie if you can hit. |
I've never been a part of anything like that before. As a player you're told not to mention it. Before I knew it, he struck the last guy out and it was a great feeling. We all just tackled him. |
If I was being paid thirty-thousand dollars a year, the very least I could do was hit .400. |
If there was ever a man born to be a hitter it was me. |
If you don't think too good, don't think too much |
In spite of all the terrible things that have been said about me by the knights of the keyboard up there. . . . And they were terrible things, I'd like to forget them, but I can't. I want to say that my years in Boston have been the greatest thing in my life. |
It will be nice to get back at them a little bit. |