All pitchers are born pitchers.

A person always doing his or her best becomes a natural leader, just by example.

I always thought there was at least one person in the stands who had never seen me play, and I didn't want to let him down.

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

The reason I play so hard is that somewhere out there is some kid who has never seen me play before, and I don't want to disappoint him.

I'm proud to have been a Yankee. But I have found more happiness and contentment since I came back home to San Francisco than any man has a right to deserve. This is the friendliest city in the world.

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.