I can't play any more. I can't hit the ball when I need to. I can't steal second when I need to. I can't go from first to third when I need to. I can't score from second when I need to. I have to quit.

Billy (Martin) wasn't afraid of anything.

To play 18 years in Yankee Stadium is the best thing that could ever happen to a ballplayer.

The hardest thing to do in sports, I think, is to hit a home run.

Butcher boy, damn it, butcher boy.

After I hit a home run I had a habit of running the bases with my head down. I figured the pitcher already felt bad enough without me showing him up rounding the bases.

I played seven years without ever hitting the ball.