39 Quotes by Stan Musial

Always wanted to be a Major League player. Loved baseball. Followed it. Loved to play. Plus, I could always hit.

I came up in 1941 and I played against men who played in the 1930s. I stayed until 1963 playing against men who will be playing in the 1970s. So I think I can feel qualified to say that baseball really was a great game, and baseball is really a great game, and baseball will always be a great game.

It seemed like I always did some great hitting in Brooklyn. The field there was close to the stands. Every time I started walking to the plate, I could hear the fans say, 'Here comes that man again. Here comes that man.'

When we played the Dodgers in St. Louis, they had to come through our dugout, and our bat rack was right there where they had to walk. My bats kept disappearing, and I couldn't figure it out. Turns out, Pee Wee Reese was stealing my bats. I found that out later, after we got out of baseball. He and Rube Walker stole my bats.

Used to be bats had thick handles and a big barrel. Then they found it's not the size of the bat that gets home runs - it's the speed with which you can swing it.

I have no hesitation to say that St. Louis is a great place in which to live and work.

There was never a day when I was as good as Joe DiMaggio at his best. Joe was the best, the very best I ever saw.

Get eight hours of sleep regularly. Keep your weight down, run a mile a day.

What I try to do is never to hurt anybody else and figure if I don't, then I'm not likely to get hurt myself.