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 feel that the most important requirement in success is learning to overcome failure. You must learn to tolerate it, but never accept it

Home run hitters strike out a lot.

You don't face Nolan Ryan without your rest. He's the only guy I go against that makes me go to bed before midnight.

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

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

People think I hate Billy Martin. I don't. I hate some of the things he did. And I will say I don't understand him. Billy Martin is not an intellectual, but there is a cunningness to him that is something to behold.