If you don't know where you are going, you might wind up someplace else.

In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is.

When you come to a fork in the road, take it.

Baseball is ninety percent mental. The other half is physical.

You can observe a lot by just watching.

Nobody goes there anymore. It's too crowded.

You better cut the pizza in four pieces because I'm not hungry enough to eat six.

It ain't over till it's over.

If the world were perfect, it wouldn't be.

Love is the most important thing in the world, but baseball is pretty good, too.

Always go to other people's funerals, otherwise they won't come to yours.

The future ain't what it used to be.

We have deep depth.

It gets late early out there.

I never said most of the things I said.

You've got to be very careful if you don't know where you are going, because you might not get there.

It's like deja-vu, all over again.

A nickel ain't worth a dime anymore.

Little League baseball is a very good thing because it keeps the parents off the streets.

You don't have to swing hard to hit a home run. If you got the timing, it'll go.

I wish I had an answer to that because I'm tired of answering that question.

He hits from both sides of the plate. He's amphibious.

If people don't want to come out to the ball park, nobody's gonna stop 'em.

It ain't the heat, it's the humility.

I'm glad I was in the Navy.

I never blame myself when I'm not hitting. I just blame the bat and if it keeps up, I change bats. After all, if I know it isn't my fault that I'm not hitting, how can I get mad at myself?

I just want to thank everyone who made this day necessary.

You should always go to other people's funerals; otherwise, they won't come to yours.

I never said half the things I said.

Even Napoleon had his Watergate.

How can you think and hit at the same time?

I guess I've got a smart wife.

You can observe a lot by watching.

There are some people who, if they don't already know, you can't tell 'em.

I tell the kids, somebody's gotta win, somebody's gotta lose. Just don't fight about it. Just try to get better.

So I'm ugly. So what? I never saw anyone hit with his face.

I'm not going to buy my kids an encyclopedia. Let them walk to school like I did.

I was in the invasion of Normandy in southern France.

We made too many wrong mistakes.

I usually take a two-hour nap from one to four.

In baseball, you don't know nothing.

The towels were so thick there I could hardly close my suitcase.

Mickey Mantle was a very good golfer, but we weren't allowed to play golf during the season; only at spring training.

All pitchers are liars or crybabies.

Pair up in threes.

If you ask me anything I don't know, I'm not going to answer.

You wouldn't have won if we'd beaten you.

I'm lucky. Usually you're dead to get your own museum, but I'm still alive to see mine.

It was impossible to get a conversation going, everybody was talking too much.

Half the lies they tell about me aren't true.

If people don't want to come to the ballpark, how are you going to stop them?

I never figured I'd go into the Hall of Fame. A kid from the Hill.

Slump? I ain't in no slump... I just ain't hitting.

I always thought that record would stand until it was broken.

If you get a guy that can play a couple positions, it helps you out a real lot.

Congratulations. I knew the record would stand until it was broken.

I'm a lucky guy and I'm happy to be with the Yankees. And I want to thank everyone for making this night necessary.

I don't mean to be funny.

I don't blame the players today for the money. I blame the owners. They started it. They wanna give it to 'em? More power to 'em.

I always got nervous the nights we played in the World Series. First pitch, I was nervous. Then after that, forget it; I'd start playing.