True success is one of the greatest needs. Success is not something you stumble onto or come to by accident. It is something you must sincerely prepare for. Take a good look at successes, and you'll see he same consistent qualities all the time - qualities of one's character that make one strive for a goal with a standard of unmatched excellence.
Fans don't boo nobodies.
I was reminded that when we lose and I strike out, a billion people in China don't care.
When you've played this game for ten years and gone to bat seven-thousand times and gotten two-thousand hits do you know what that really means? It means you've gone zero for five-thousand.
I didn't come to New York to be a star. I brought my star with me.
Hitting is better than sex.
Babe Ruth was great. I'm just lucky.
The will to win is worthless if you don't get paid for it.
The greatest manager has a knack for making ballplayers think they are better than they think they are.
Please God, let me hit one. I'll tell everybody you did it.
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.
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.
October: that's when they pay off for playing ball.
The only reason I don't like playing in the World Series is I can't watch myself play.
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 only difference between me and those other great Yankees is my skin color.
