A lot of pitchers today are afraid of the ball. Warren Spahn pinch-hit for me when I was a rookie. He hit a sacrifice fly. I couldn't argue. I was 20 years old and just happy to be in the big leagues. And Spahnnie was a good hitter.

Golf is the only game I know where you call a foul on yourself.

It's nice to be in first place. But just because you're not on a winner doesn't mean you're a loser.

You don't catch the knuckleball, you defend against it.

Major league baseball is about the history of the game. Baseball history is so important. It's so much more than money.

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.

Even though I was never a Yankee fan until I put on the uniform, when you think about the deep history of this organization, you always knew what the Yankees represented.