You shouldn't have any betting in the locker room at all, whether it's baseball or it's horses. You can't beat the horses. You can't beat any kind of gambling because they have the odds.

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

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.

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

I will never have a heart attack. I give them.

I'm really 95 percent Mr. Rogers, and only 5 percent Oscar the Grouch.'

Owning the Yankees is like owning the Mona Lisa.