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.
When you take a pitch and line it somewhere, it's like you've thought of something and put it with beautiful clarity.
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.
There's a manager (Billy Martin) I could play for.
I am the best in baseball.
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.
October: that's when they pay off for playing ball.
After Jackie Robinson the most important black in baseball history is Reggie Jackson, I really mean that.
The only reason I don't like playing in the World Series is I can't watch myself play.
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 have a hard time believing athletes are overpriced. If an owner is losing money, give it up. It's a business. I have trouble figuring out why owners would stay in if they're losing money.
The way things are going the faces on next year's bubble-gum cards will be lawyers.
The reason I'm a Yankee is that George Steinbrenner out hustled everybody else.
The only difference between me and those other great Yankees is my skin color.
