“The other teams could make trouble for us if they win.”

Congratulations. I knew the record would stand until it was broken.

What difference does the uniform make? You don’t hit with it.

I guess the first thing I should do is thank everybody who made this day necessary.

Always go to other people’s funerals, otherwise they won’t come to yours.

Losing is a learning experience. It teaches you humility. It teaches you to work harder. It’s also a powerful motivator.

There are some people who, if they don’t already know, you can’t tell ’em.

80 percent of the balls that don’t reach the hole, don’t go in.

I guess I’ve got a smart wife.

It was impossible to get a conversation going, everybody was talking too much.

Pitching always beats batting – and vice-versa.

If you get a guy that can play a couple positions, it helps you out a real lot.

How can you think and hit at the same time?

We were over-whelming underdogs.

Life is a learning experience, only if you learn.

The hardest thing is to get started, but the really hardest thing is to finish.

You stand up for your teammates. Your loyalty is to them. You protect them through good and bad, because they’d do the same for you.

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.