Stress is something that is sort of out of your control. You get stressed out over looking at the finish line. Stress is something that is an outside thing. Stress is an anxiety.

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

There is no worse emotion than fear.

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.'

I think that I have a sensitivity toward people, and that is a strength.

You know, Mike Milken, the money that he has raised for cancer research has been remarkable.

One win­ter, when I was 12, my older brother Frank (20) said to my father, 'We want you out of the house. We don't want any­thing other than the house we live in. We don't want any­thing from you. Just leave.' And he left.