I thought I could catch him. I demand a rematch. — Dick Stuart

"Every home run gives me the deepest personal thrill, although Ive hit droves. Last year at Lincoln I hit 66, yet it gave me the deepest personal thrill every time I seen that ball flying nine miles out of the park."

"I had a good time there. Moby Dick was my nickname. I struck out four times one night, and in the papers they said Ahab got his whale."

"It was Hank Aaron who hung that Dr. Strangeglove tag on me. I told him, to his face, that he would never amount to anything."

"That was when I started telling s. Actually, Maz robbed me. If I had hit that home run, I would have made a lot more out of it than Maz did. He never made much effort to capitalize on it. Can you imagine what that homer would be worth in endorsements today?"

"I guess you could say I never understood baseball trades. In 1963, I hit 42 home runs for the Red Sox and drove in 118 runs. Youd call that a pretty good year, wouldnt you? Next year, Im down to 33 homers and 114 RBIs. In other words, youre looking at 75 home runs in two seasons. Are the Red Sox happy? Not so youd notice. They trade me to the Phils. Boston was a crazy place. Now, with those good statistics, I tell the Phils Im entitled to a healthy raise. You know what they tell me? They say I still havent done anything for them. I did get a raise, though."

"Guess Ill send Bragan a wire to and tell him I see he is where he belongs and Im up here where I belong."