Just like every other kid in my grade school, I was listening to my little radio plug in my ear when Mickey Mantle hit 18 post-season homers and won series after series for the Yankees. I listened and I learned from that. I think he was the original 'Mr. October,' but thank god it didn't stick.

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

I'm the straw that stirs the drink.

After Jackie Robinson the most important black in baseball history is Reggie Jackson, I really mean that.

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

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

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.