I never saw him fight. I never saw Billy fight.

“I saw you fight last night. You sure have got some fancy moves with those swords of yours. Haven’t seen anyone move like that,…

— Phillip W. Simpson

Sometimes I can see colour without opening my eyes. I saw that Billy's heart was no colour and every colour. Like water or diamonds…

— Glenda Millard

When I lived in the UP of Michigan I never saw a fight in a bar. It's hard to hit a person that says…

— Stanley Victor Paskavich

Nobody wanted to run back kicks until you saw Billy 'White Shoes'' Johnson.

— Ken Griffey Jr

Billy copied Casey to a 'T.'

— Mickey Mantle

A body came flying out and landed at my feet. At first I thought it was Billy so I picked him up. But when…

— Mickey Mantle

Billy (Martin) wasn't afraid of anything.

— Mickey Mantle

Billy (Martin) was a great one for jokes. He liked to play a joke more than anyone I ever knew.

— Mickey Mantle

If you want to know who was better, me or Willie Mays, you have to look at our career stats. And Willie's bottom line…

— Mickey Mantle

Heroes are people who are all good with no bad in them. That's the way I always saw Joe DiMaggio. He was beyond question…

— Mickey Mantle

Of course, I didn't tell you about all the times I said I was going to hit one and it didn't happen.

— Mickey Mantle

I wanted to throw my glass at the TV.

— Mickey Mantle

You saw him standing out there, and you knew you had a pretty damn good chance to win the baseball game.

— Red Ruffing

Baseball shaded my entire outlook on life, because that's how I first saw the world. I looked at everything, even today, through what I…

— Kurt Russell

“When I first met Billy I thought about sucking his eyes right out of their sockets. They’re like turquoise gum drops.”

— Jo Treggiari