Why would you want to stay manager and be second-guessed by me when you can come up into the front-office and be one of the second-guessers?

We plan absentee ownership as far as running the Yankees is concerned.

I was often misquoted. I was supportive of my managers, even though they all may not think so.

I'll stick to building ships.

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.

Is it in the best interest of baseball to sell beer in the ninth inning? Probably not. The rule has got to be more clearly defined. And then some process should be set up where the judge is not also the appeals judge.

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