Roger Maris was as good a man and as good a ballplayer as there ever was.

To play 18 years in Yankee Stadium is the best thing that could ever happen to a ballplayer.

Somebody once asked me if I ever went up to the plate trying to hit a home run. I said, 'Sure, every time.'

Today's Little Leaguers, and there are millions of them each year, pick up how to hit and throw and field just by watching games on TV. By the time they're out of high school, the good ones are almost ready to play professional ball.

Sometimes I think if I had the same body and the same natural ability and someone else's brain, who knows how good a player I might have been.

I'll play baseball for the Army or fight for it, whatever they want me to do.