I want to thank all my teammates who scored so many runs and Joe DiMaggio, who ran down so many of my mistakes.

I'd rather be lucky than good

I've got a new invention. It's a revolving bowl for tired goldfish.

One rule I had was make your best pitch and back up third base. That relay might get away and you've got another shot at him.

I was never nervous when I had the ball, but when I let go I was scared to death.

Hell, Lou (Gehrig) it took fifteen years to get you out of a game. Sometimes I'm out in fifteen minutes.

I talked to the ball a lot of times in my career. I yelled, "Go foul. Go foul."

The secret of my success was clean living and a fast outfield.

I'm something like the old soak who never knew whether his wife told him to take one drink and come home at 12, or take 12 and come home at one.

You just can't imagine the kind of guy he was without seeing him play. He was a circus, a play, a movie, all rolled into one.

I was the worst hitter ever. I never even broke a bat until last year when I was backing out of the garage.

The past lies beneath the surface, intransigent truth. Remembered or not, what we say and do remains, always.

Set your goals high, and don't stop till you get there.

Bill Gates finds people in Russia to hire them to Microsoft. That's the Russian interest in this process.

As there is oppression of the majority such oppression will be fought with increasing hatred.

The moral man is as guilty as the rest. His morality cannot save him.

Now that I understand that I'm an addict, I definitely have compassion for my mother. I get it.

When one has children one has no privacy. They take it for granted that what is yours is theirs, personal things and the secrets of your heart, as well as possessions.

The genuine essence of truth never dies.

The homosexual is a scapegoat who evokes no sympathy. Hence, he can only be a victim, never a martyr.