I'll play baseball for the Army or fight for it, whatever they want me to do.

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If I knew I was going to live this long, I'd have taken better care of myself.

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You don't realize how easy this game is until you get up in that broadcasting booth.

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I always loved the game, but when my legs weren't hurting it was a lot easier to love.

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The only thing I can do is play baseball. I have to play ball. It's the only thing I know.

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It's unbelievable how much you don't know about the game you've been playing all your life.

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To play 18 years in Yankee Stadium is the best thing that could ever happen to a ballplayer.

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A team is where a boy can prove his courage on his own. A gang is where a coward goes to hide.

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I had it all, and I blew it. (shortly before dying from cancer and other complications of alcoholism)

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Somebody once asked me if I ever went up to the plate trying to hit a home run. I said, 'Sure, every time.'

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