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~ Baseball serves as a good model for democracy in action: Every player is equally important and each has a chance to be a hero ~
~ People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring ~
~ The difference between the old ballplayer and the new ballplayer is the jersey. The old ballplayer cared about the name on the front. The new ballplayer cares about the name on the back ~
~ Back then, my idol was Bugs Bunny, because I saw a cartoon of him playing ball - you know, the one where he plays every position himself with nobody else on the field but him? Now that I think of it, Bugs is still my idol. You have to love a ballplayer like that ~
~ I ain't ever had a job. I just always played baseball ~
~ Baseball is a skilled game. It's America's game -- it, and high taxes ~
~ When I was a little boy, I wanted to be a baseball player, and join the circus. With the Yankees, I've accomplished both ~
~ I never thought home runs were all that exciting. I still think the triple is the most exciting thing in baseball. To me, a triple is like a guy taking the ball on his 1-yard line and running 99 yards for a touchdown ~
~ When you play this game 20 years, go to bat 10,000 times, and get 3,000 hits, you know what that means? you've gone 0 for 7,000 ~
~ I like to be against the odds. I'm not afraid to be lonely at the top. With me, it's just the satisfaction of the game. Just performance ~
~ Baseball was made for kids, and grown-ups only screw it up ~
~ When they start the game, they don't yell, "Work ball." They say, "Play ball." ~
~ When you're in a slump, it's almost as if you look out at the field and it's one big glove ~
~ When we played softball, I'd steal second base, feel guilty and go back ~
~ Good pitching will beat good hitting any time, and vice versa ~
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