Butcher Boy, Damn It, Butcher Boy.

I Don't Care What The Situation Was, How High The Stakes Were - The Bases Could Be Loaded And The Pennant Riding On Every Pitch, It Never Bothered Whitey. He Pitched His Game. Cool. Craft. Nerves Of Steel.

Bravery Is A Complicated Thing To Describe. You Can't Say It's Three Feet Long And Two Feet Wide And That It Weighs Four Hundred Pounds Or That It's Colored Bright Blue Or That It Sounds Like A Piano Or That It Smells Like Roses. It's A Quality, Not A Thing.

Roger Maris Was As Good A Man And As Good A Ballplayer As There Ever Was.

If I Were Playing Today I'd Do What Joe Dimaggio Said. I'd Go Knock On The Door At Yankee Stadium And When George Steinbrenner Answered I'd Say, 'howdy, Pardner.'

Casey Wanted Us To Stay Loose. That Didn't Mean Clowning Around. He Just Meant We Should Be Confident And Relaxed. We Shouldn't Feel That One Strikeout Was Going To End The Season For Us.