Because the players knew that if Billy asked them to jump off a roof, he'd jump off with them.

I'll play baseball for the Army or fight for it, whatever they want me to do.

It's what you're worth.

You might as well go in and start getting dressed. I'm going to hit his first pitch for a home run.

Casey wanted us to stay loose. That didn't mean clowning around. He just meant we should be confident and relaxed. We shouldn't feel that one strikeout was going to end the season for us.

If I hadn't met those two guys (Billy Martin and Whitey Ford) at the start of my career, I would have lasted another five years.

Of course, I didn't tell you about all the times I said I was going to hit one and it didn't happen.