Don Larsen Quotes

"No, why should I?" - asked if he is tired of speaking about his perfect game

"Sometimes a week might go by when I don't think about that game, but I don't remember when it happened last."

"When it was over, I was so happy, I felt like crying. I wanted to win this one for Casey (Stengel). After what I did in Brooklyn, he could have forgotten about me and who would blame him? But he gave me another chance and I'm grateful." - locker room after perfect game

"Don Larsen used to pitch so slow it ought to have been equipped with backup lights." -Shirley Povich

"He did it (the perfect game) with a tremendous assortment of pitches that seemd to have five forward speeds, including a slow one that ought to have been equipped with backup lights." - Shirley Povich

"He was either out pretty late or up pretty early." - Casey Stengel commenting on Don Larsen's one car crash with a telephone pole at five in the morning

"Is that the best game you ever pitched?" - Question asked by a reporter after the 1956 World Series perfect game

"The biggest game I ever played in was probably Don Larsen's perfect game." - Mickey Mantle

"The only thing he fears is sleep." - Jimmy Dykes

"The Yankees have all the hits in the game." - Mel Allen dealing with the sportscasting taboo of speaking openly about a no-hitter