- 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.
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