If I had my mother's name, there is no doubt that I would have run into problems in those days, the prejudices people had in Southern California. |
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. |
Not only is he going to hit .320 and 20 or 25 home runs, he might lead the league in hitting, |
October, that's when they pay off for playing ball. |
Perhaps for one night, ... I reached back and achieved that level of the overrated superstar. Babe Ruth was great. I'm just lucky. |
Please God, let me hit one. I'll tell everybody you did it. |
Sometimes, you get into bad habits, ... He has what we call a nice behind-the-ball swing, a nice inside move. We're just trying to get him to work more on that. If we can get him to co-sign that, we'll be all right. |
Take care of the things you can control. As long as you have a bat in your hand, you can rewrite the story. |
That's a tough question. I know you're right, but I don't know the answer. |
The greatest manager has a knack for making ballplayers think they are better than they think they are. |
The only difference between me and those other great Yankees is my skin color. |
The only reason I don't like playing in the World Series is I can't watch myself play. |
The only way I'm going to win a Gold Glove is with a can of spray paint. |
The will to win is worthless if you don't get paid for it. |
This should be a 900-plus [runs scored] team. It could be the best offensive team of the recent era. But it's not the best offense ever. |