Blind people come to the park just to hear him pitch.

The reason I'm a Yankee is that George Steinbrenner out hustled everybody else.

October: that's when they pay off for playing ball.

I'll tell you what makes a great manager: A great manager has a knack for making ballplayers think they are better than they think they are. He forces you to have a good opinion of yourself. He lets you know he believes in you.

The only difference between me and those other great Yankees is my skin color.

It's a fickle town, a tough town. They getcha, boy. They don't let you escape with minor scratches and bruises. They put scars on you here.

In the building I live in on Park Avenue there are ten people who could buy the Yankees, but none of them could hit the ball out of Yankee Stadium.