I don’t think baseball owes colored people anything. I don’t think colored people owe baseball anything, either.

Ted Williams was the greatest hitter I ever saw, but DiMaggio was the greatest all around player.

Sympathy is something that shouldn’t be bestowed upon the Yankees. Apparently it angers them.

I would rather beat the Yankees regularly than pitch a no hit game.

I don’t think baseball owes colored people anything. I don’t think colored people owe baseball anything, either.

The difference between relief pitching when I did it today is simple, there is too much of it. It’s one of those cases where more is not necessarily better.

Nowadays, they have more trouble packing hair dryers than baseball equipment.

If you believe your catcher is intelligent and you know that he has considerable experience, it is a good thing to leave the game almost entirely in his hands.

When I pick up the ball and it feels nice and light and small I know I’m going to have a good day. But if I picked it up and it’s big and heavy, I know I’m liable to get into a little trouble.

Where the ball went was up to heaven. Sometimes I threw the ball clean up into the stands.

I’m no hero. Heroes don’t come back. Survivors return home. Heroes never come home. If anyone thinks I’m a hero, I’m not.

Every day is a new opportunity. You can build on yesterday’s success or put its failures behind and start over again. That’s the way life is, with a new game every day, and that’s the way baseball is.