“A catcher must want to catch. He must make up his mind that it isn’t the terrible job it is painted, and that he isn’t going to say every day,”

If I were catching blindfolded, I’d always know when it was Foxx who connected. He hit the ball harder than anyone else.

I loved to make a great defensive play, I’d rather do that than hit a home run.

Why, oh why with so many other positions in baseball did I take up this one.’

He (Lou Gehrig) just went out and did his job every day.

Not everybody will become a baseball star and not everybody will make the money I’m making.

Rules are made to be broken, so there won’t be any rules.

I struck out with two men on base. I was so angry, so frustrated, I turned and without even thinking about it, snapped my bat over my thigh.

My father loved baseball and he cultivated my talent. I don’t think he ever had any doubt in his mind that I would play professional baseball someday.

As much as we disliked the Yankees, fans and players alike, they were good for baseball. They consistently unsuccessful teams like the Browns, Senators, and A’s paid a lot of their bills with those big crowds that poured through the gates when the Yankees came to town.

I used to limp around my neighborhood imitating him. I did my Bar Mitzvah with an Oklahoma drawl.

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.

When I take my kids to the Baseball Hall of Fame, I want them to experience the full array of talents that make the game what it is today, not just the larger-than-life freaks of nature.