I have the greatest job in the world. Only one person can have it. You have shortstops on other teams - I'm not knocking other teams - but there's only one shortstop on the Yankees.
After a deplorable day afield, when asked by a reporter what he thought of his team's execution
After you manage the Yankees for 12 years, it's really tough to envision going somewhere else. But then the Dodgers called.
I hate to see it go, I'll tell you that. I played here all my life. Eighteen years I played here and I'm sorry to see it go.
Hey, White, you know where your loyalties are? Right here. The old pinstripes. No! You never wore them. . . So you have a right to sing the blues.
It was the class and dignity which he led his life that made him part of all of us. I will forever treasure the close friendship we shared over the years.
The Yankees have strict rules. You can have a mustache but no other facial hair.
My God. . . What are the headlines going to be like on Monday if the Yankees don't make the playoffs?
He's a smart-assed kid who's always sassin' people and gettin' away with it.
Derek (Jeter) told me the ghosts would show up eventually!
It is plain and demonstrable, that much ale is not good for Yankee, and operates differently upon them from what it does upon a Briton; ale must be drank in a fog and a drizzle.
So to get to play for the Yankees was really exciting. Really exciting.
There is a feeling when you are in Yankee Stadium that it is a very sacred ground you are walking on and you know you had the same feelings that other great players have had in other eras that played right there on that field.
The best team I ever saw, and I really mean this, was the '61 Yankees.
He pitches better when he's mad, so I try to make him that way.
Owen Meany believed that “coincidence” was a stupid, shallow refuge sought by stupid, shallow people who were unable to accept the fact that their lives were shaped by a terrifying and awesome design – more powerful and unstoppable than the Yankee Flyer. (a train)
I'll never make the mistake of being 70 again.
When you're losing, you see what your team is made of.
Pardon me, Mr. Craig, but how are we going to defense Mr. McCovey. . . in the upper deck or the lower deck?
Scarlett: You should die of shame to leave me here alone and helpless. Rhett: You helpless? (laughs) Heaven help the Yankees if they capture you.