It's what I've done my whole career. |
Jason is going to have a monster year for us. |
Joe DiMaggio is such an icon, he's almost like a cartoon character, ... I have so much respect for him. When it's all said and done, it's something you can look back on and say that you're proud to be mentioned in the same sentence as Joe. |
Johnny is absolutely tailor-made for New York. He has a great supporting cast, he's a fantastic player and getting better with age. He's the ingredient that we needed. |
Just to make it clear, I only spoke once and then I spoke again three months later. |
Just to make it clear, I only spoke once and then I spoke again three months later. All the garbage in between was major league baseball. I didn't go back and forth. I said once, 'I wasn't playing,' and then at the end I said, 'So OK, I am playing. |
Last time here, I was the biggest goat. Today, I get to be the hero. |
Last time I was here, things went really bad, not only for me, but for my team. And I look at it as an opportunity to start a new year, a new chapter. And ironically enough, I come up with a game-winning hit in this situation, where last year, I was the biggest goat, and today I get to be a hero. There's ... a lesson to be learned, I guess. |
Last year was the toughest year of my whole career. I feel a lot more comfortable in New York this year. |
Loved it. It was well organized. Just meeting the kind of players you get to play with [was fun]. It's just a neat experience. |
Mo has been great all year, ... We can't expect him to be perfect for six months. |
Mo makes the perfect pitch, shatters the guy's bat in 25 pieces, and he hits it into right field. The whole complexion of that inning changes when the strike [on Castillo] wasn't called. |
Most people aren't going to understand that. They're going to ridicule and make fun of it ... unless you understand my background, where I come from, my passion for my family and my heritage. I don't expect anyone to understand. |
Mr. Steinbrenner has a beef. I understand, with the commitment he has. |
No. I haven't heard anything. There's so much positive talk going around ... I've heard about zero talk. |