It's nice to be in first place. But just because you're not on a winner doesn't mean you're a loser.

Sometimes they say the world rotates a little different for lefthanders.

There's only one New York.

People are proud of their players.

Home-plate collisions are something you cannot ignore.

It's my job that if somebody wants to have a discussion about something, I'm certainly sensitive to that, and I'm willing to do it.

My wife accuses me - and she's probably right - that I'm sometimes oversensitive.

I don't think there's any player that's more talented than Alex Rodriguez. He cares very deeply about doing well. Baseball is his life. He puts a lot of pressure on himself.

I have great confidence in Rick Caruso's unique qualifications and his ability to lead a successful bid for the Los Angeles Dodgers.

It's not easy to just say you don't want to do something any more.

It's something you hope doesn't happen. When you sign on to do a job, you hope you'll be able to get it done. But that's not always in your control.

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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