When I Pick Up The Ball And

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.

I Did What Any American Could And Should Do: Serve His Country In Its Time Of Need.

When You Make A Bad Pitch And The Hitter Puts It Out Of The Park And You Cost Your Team The Game, It's A Real Test Of Your Maturity To Be Able To Stand In Front Of Your Locker Fifteen Minutes Later And Admit It To The World. How Many People In Other Professions Would Be Willing To Have Their Job Performances Evaluated That Way, In Front Of Millions, Every Afternoon At Five O'clock.

I Was Only A Gun Captain On The Battleship Alabama For 34 Months. People Have Called Me A Hero For That, But I'll Tell You This - Heroes Don't Come Home. Survivors Come Home.

Yankee Stadium, It's Like Everything Else In This Country. In Europe, They Save All Their Old Buildings For History. Here, We Just Tear Them All Down.