I don't want the natural athlete -- I want a guy who'll go after the hard ones.

I don't break the rules. I merely test their elasticity.

Hating the Yankees isn't part of my act. It is one of those exquisite times when life and art are in perfect conjunction.

I do not think that winning is the most important thing. I think winning is the only thing.

Baseball is the only thing beside the paper clip that hasn't changed

This is a game to be savored, not gulped. There's time to discuss everything between pitches or between innings.

Next to the confrontation between two highly honed batteries of lawyers, jungle warfare is a stately minuet.