My relationship with George Steinbrenner was great. He was the boss, and I accepted that.

You could have the bases loaded, and you bring up the best pinch-hitter in the world to pinch hit, he hits into a double play, and then all of a sudden: 'How could you do that?'

When I was 16 years old, my brother Frank said, 'You'd better become a catcher, because you're too big and fat to do anything else.' Well, I took his advice. It was a quick way to get to the big leagues, and I've never regretted it.

My 12 years in New York were very, very special, the fans were very special, and it's something I will take with me wherever I go and into retirement.

I just don't like to dwell on stuff.

Even though I was never a Yankee fan until I put on the uniform, when you think about the deep history of this organization, you always knew what the Yankees represented.

Respect is the word I want. You have to earn it. You give, and you get it in return, that's how I see it.

Pitchers make adjustments, and it's up to the hitters to readjust and sort of tweak what they do.

My father wasn't the best role model to me.

Every time I pull somebody out of the bullpen, I believe he can do the job. I have to believe it. If he doesn't, hopefully he will do it the next time.

I felt there was a lot of love in my house. And my mom was, you know, the basis of all that.

One thing you have to realize is that cancer is not something you necessarily cure, but you want to just take care of yourself and extend your life as long as you can.

You know, Mike Milken, the money that he has raised for cancer research has been remarkable.

St. Louis has always been special to me.

By rule, the decision to reverse a call by use of instant replay is at the sole discretion of the crew chief.

I think that winning creates chemistry, as opposed to other way around. I've been on a lot of friendly teams that couldn't win, trust me.

As a player, to me the Dodgers were the Yankees of the National League because... you either loved them or you hated them.

There's nothing that can replace the feeling of winning.

I think there's more of opportunity to win games in the National League than the American League because there are more decisions to make.

After you manage the Yankees for 12 years, it's really tough to envision going somewhere else. But then the Dodgers called.

I hated the Yankees and Dodgers and wound up managing both.

It's nice to have writers write nice things about you and guys on radio and TV say nice things about you, but the guy who's in the locker next to you is the one you play the game for.

You have to fix something when it first appears.

There is no worse emotion than fear.

When I was coming home from school as a youngster, and I saw my dad's car in the driveway, I would go to a friend's house. I connected my dad being there with fear.

I played for 18 years, but the only thing that meant anything to me was the World Series.

I know in the heat of battle, it's hard not to get angry, especially in the 19th inning.

In baseball, you're always moving people around.

First of all, you want umpires to call what they see. In the case of fair or foul, the smartest thing is to call the ball fair. Because if it's called foul and ruled fair, where do we put the runners?

When I became the manager of the New York Yankees, it was an opportunity to realize my lifelong dream of winning the World Series. We were fortunate enough to succeed in our first season in 1996, and in the years that followed, we wrote some great new chapters in Yankee history.

When I was a player and hit into a double play, I felt as if I was letting everyone down.

I was always a little hesitant to accuse people of loading a bat to hit a ball farther. I was always very hesitant to approach people because I never had any evidence that I had firsthand knowledge of.

Stress is something that is sort of out of your control. You get stressed out over looking at the finish line. Stress is something that is an outside thing. Stress is an anxiety.

When we lost, I couldn't sleep at night. When we win, I can't sleep at night. But, when you win, you wake up feeling better.

Baseball has always been filled with negative statistics.

With negotiations, you never know what's going to happen.

Spring Training is a fun time for me.

The fact that somebody is reducing your salary is just telling me they're not satisfied with what you're doing.

At 7-1, your pitching has obviously controlled that other team. At 16-10, I'm not sure when it's safe.

I feel very fortunate to have broken in with the Milwaukee Braves organization.

It just feels good to beat the world champs to be the world champs.

I met Tiger Woods, and I looked in his eyes - and I saw Derek Jeter. They don't have to tell people they're good. They just prove it by the way they love the competition.

I can understand the fact you don't want the ball slipping out of a pitcher's hand because someone can get hurt.

That's the sign of a good relationship, when you can pick up a phone and it doesn't matter when the last time you spoke was.

When you're in a slump, you do something different, just to try it. I remember one time I was in a slump, and I borrowed one of Henry Aaron's bats and hit two homers. I used my own bats the next night. I just needed a change.

Every place where I played or managed is special to me because of the memories and the friendships that each afforded me.

We've got to decide, how much replay do we want? Because if you start doing it from the first inning to the ninth inning, you may have to time the game with a calendar.

You can't win the Kentucky Derby unless you're on a thoroughbred.

Kids are much more intuitive these days. Not that I'm crazy about what's on TV, but they know so much these days.

It's huge. You win the first game of the series, you want to win the series.