Yes, I Had To Learn How To

I Don't Know What Joe (dimaggio) Wanted (in Regards To Being Called 'the Greatest Living Ballplayer'), But I Don't Have A Problem, If He Wanted To Do That. He Was My Hero. Joe Was The Best All-around Player. Joe Was The Best. I Only Played Against Him Once, In The '51 Series.

I Was A Baseball Player, I Taught Baseball, And All Of A Sudden I Was In The Business World. Now I Used The Baseball World To Talk About Their Product. Not Too Much, Just Enough To Keep Going. Just Be Yourself And You'll Never Have A Problem. That's What I Did.

I'm Not The Type Of Guy To Go Out And Just Say, 'hey, I'm Raising My Fist To Do This And Do That.' I Don't Think I'm That Type Of Guy. I Wasn't A Leader The Way Other People May Have Wanted Me To Be.

I Remember The Last Season I Played. I Went Home After A Ballgame One Day, Lay Down On My Bed, And Tears Came To My Eyes. How Can You Explain That? It's Like Crying For Your Mother After She's Gone. You Cry Because You Love Her. I Cried, I Guess, Because I Loved Baseball, And I Knew I Had To Leave It.

In 1950, When The Giants Signed Me, They Gave Me $15,000. I Bought A 1950 Mercury. I Couldn't Drive, But I Had It In The Parking Lot There, And Everybody That Could Drive Would Drive The Car. So It Was Like A Community Thing