Now this is over thirty years later and the guy said he was that cab driver. He apologized and he was serious. I felt awful. He might have been spending his whole life thinking he had jinxed me, but I told him he hadn't. My number was up.

I want to thank the good lord for making me a yankee

Putting the Yankee uniform on every day.

Motivation is something nobody else can give you. Others can help motivate you, but basically it must come from you and it must be a constant desire to do your very best at all times and under any circumstances.

I'm a ballplayer, not an actor.

I thought he had been shot.

I no longer have it (desire to play).