He's a smart-assed kid who's always sassin' people and gettin' away with it.

Don't cut my throat, I may want to do that later myself.

He (Lyndon B. Johnson) wanted to see poverty, so he came to see my team (1964 New York Mets).

I came in here and a fella asked me to have a drink. I said I don't drink. Then another fella said hear you and Joe DiMaggio aren't speaking and I said I'll take that drink.

I became a major league manager in several cities and was discharged. We call it discharged because there was no question I had to leave.

They say Yogi Berra is funny. Well, he has a lovely wife and family, a beautiful home, money in the bank, and he plays golf with millionaires. What's funny about that?

Sure I played, did you think I was born at the age of 70 sitting in a dugout trying to manage guys like you?