I'll stick to building ships.

Ruth was probably the greatest athlete to perform in any sport. Never has there been anybody like him.

As I have said many times - my father was a great fan of Bill Dickey's and he certainly loved the Yankees. I hope that he would be pleased.

I don't want to be in the Hall of Fame. I don't think owners should be.

What happens is that all your life you operated businesses in such a way that you could one day afford to buy a baseball team. And then you buy the team and forget all the business practices that enabled you to buy it.

Once in a while, I played second base; once in a while, outfield. But those were just pickup games and softball leagues. So when I bought the Yankees, I tried to stay one pace ahead of the players.

I guess heaven needed a shortstop.