That horse had better win. I saw George get on the plane with an automatic. - Mickey Mantle

When you reach the major leagues, it's unbelievable how much you don't know about the game you've been playing all your life.

I figured that once I got past 40, that was all behind me. If I knew that I was going to live this long, I'd have taken better care of myself.

He was like a father to me, and I mean that. My dad died after I had been with the Yankees a year and I guess Casey felt it was up to him to bring me up right. He kept me when I wasn't ready for the big leagues. He had confidence in me. He taught me to think, to play hard from the first pitch to the last.