I remember when I got a call and was told I was traded [to the Yankees in 1974], I actually cried because I liked Kansas City. But coming to the Yankees was the best thing that ever happened to me in my baseball career.

Statistics are like bikinis-they show a lot but not everything.

We didn't do anything fancy. We just played blue-collar baseball.

I remember when I got a call and was told I was traded [to the Yankees in 1974], I actually cried because I liked Kansas City. But coming to the Yankees was the best thing that ever happened to me in my baseball career.

A pitching coach is a manager's best friend. He's handling 12 out of the 25 players on the team.

George [Steinbrenner] is a great guy, unless you have to work for him.

You have to learn how to get comfortable with being uncomfortable.