Some kids dream of joining the circus, others of becoming a major league baseball player. I have been doubly blessed. As a member of the New York Yankees, I have gotten to do both.

The more we lose, the more he'll fly in. And the more he flies in, the better the chance there'll be a plane crash.

Sparky Lyle went from Cy Young to Sayonara.

When I was a little boy, I wanted to be a baseball player and also join the circus. With the Yankees, I've accomplished both.

The best thing about being a Yankee is getting to watch Reggie Jackson play every day. The worst thing about being a Yankee? Getting to watch Reggie Jackson play every day

The key to beating the Dodgers is to keep them form hugging each other too much.

I always wanted to play baseball and join the circus. Now I have both.

What the Yankees need is a second base coach.

Something for nothing given to one group is nothing for something taken from another.

One wife, you're happy, two and you're tired, three and they'll hate each other, four and they'll hate you.

If someone hates or loves something, then right on. I can't rob them of that. I'm not going to try and change their mind. Something's been triggered in them to react so emotionally.

My shadow serves as the friend I crave

I suppose it's too bad people can't be a little more consistent. But if they were, maybe they would stop being people.

The United States has, overall, the most effective system of higher education the world has ever known.

Girls see these defined roles they're supposed to follow in life, but when I was a young child, my parents told me I could be anything.

When we got to the hotel, the Hawaiian Village, there were 500 screaming women there. The police were trying to keep the crowd back. It was very dangerous.

Poetry cannot block a bullet or still a sjambok, but it can bear witness to brutality-thereby cultivating a flower in a graveyard.