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.

I didn't come to New York to be a star. I brought my star with me.

A baseball swing is a very finely tuned instrument. It is repetition, and more repetition, then a little more after that.

When you take a pitch and line it somewhere, it's like you've thought of something and put it with beautiful clarity.

I'm the straw that stirs the drink.

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.

There's a manager (Billy Martin) I could play for.