I met Tiger Woods, and I looked in his eyes - and I saw Derek Jeter. They don't have to tell people they're good. They just prove it by the way they love the competition.

I do love the feeling of a big win. But you don't have to have a World Series ring to be a winner. A winner is somebody who goes out there every day and exhausts himself trying to get something accomplished. Being able to get the most from their ability. That's what characterizes a winner.

Winning is a lot of fun. I remember having a meeting a couple years ago and telling the guys: 'You're not enjoying yourselves.' O'Neill said to me afterwards, 'Skip, it's not fun unless you win.'

If you do the best you can, you never have to look back.

My 12 years in New York were very, very special, the fans were very special, and it's something I will take with me wherever I go and into retirement.

After you manage the Yankees for 12 years, it's really tough to envision going somewhere else. But then the Dodgers called.

Boomer is ... Boomer. That pretty much tells you all you need to know