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.

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

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.

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?

In baseball, you're always moving people around.

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

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

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.

There is no worse emotion than fear.

You have to fix something when it first appears.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

St. Louis has always been special to me.

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

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.

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

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.

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