Sparky Lyle went from Cy Young to Sayonara.

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.

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.

The purpose of anthropology is to make the world safe for human differences.

There's no choice that doesn't mean a loss.

What if two people want to be your partner, then what?

A mighty maze! But not without a plan.

Remembrance is the only paradise out of which we cannot be driven away.

Fun can be the dessert of our lives but never its main course.

You have the power to take our country back.

You like to think that it's something you created, but secretly you know that you had some kind of help, or somebody gave this to you.

if you think it so easy to be a critic, so difficult to be a poet or a painter or film experimenter, may I suggest you try both? You may discover why there are so few critics, so many poets.

What I learned with Cecil Taylor was strategy and survival and how to resist temptations and resist getting discouraged.