Please God, let me hit one. I'll tell everybody you did it.

The greatest manager has a knack for making ballplayers think they are better than they think they are.

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.

I couldn't quit, because of all the kids, and the blacks, and the little people pulling for me. I represent both the underdog and the overdog in our society.

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

The only reason I don't like playing in the World Series is I can't watch myself play.

The only way I'm going to get a gold glove is with a can of spray paint.