I can remember a reporter asking me for a quote, and I didn't know what a quote was. I thought it was some kind of soft drink.

217

We need a hit, so here I go.

214

I'm just a ballplayer with one ambition, and that is to give all I've got to help my ball club win. I've never played any other way.

184

I'd like to thank the good Lord for making me a Yankee.

157

There is always some kid who may be seeing me for the first or last time, I owe him my best.

151

You always get a special kick on opening day, no matter how many you go through. You look forward to it like a birthday party when you're a kid. You think something wonderful is going to happen.

119

A ball player has to be kept hungry to become a big leaguer. That's why no boy from a rich family has ever made the big leagues.

118

When baseball is no longer fun, it's no longer a game.

100