All I know is, I pass people on the street these days, and they don’t know whether to say hello or to say goodbye.”
“I’ve always said I could manage Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini, and Hirohito. That doesn’t mean I’d like them, but I’d manage them.”
“You don’t want ‘em to like you…If you’re any good, it’ll only make you play harder.”
“What I miss when I’m away is the pride in baseball. Especially the pride of being on a team that wins. I probably was the proudest Yankee of them all. And I don’t mean false pride. When it’s real on a team, it’s a deep love-pride. There’s nothing greater in the world than when somebody on the team does something good, and everybody gathers around to pat him on the back. I really love the togetherness in baseball. That’s a real true love.”
“I may not have been the best Yankee to put on the pinstripes, but I am the proudest.”
