St. Louis has always been special to me.
— Joe Torre
I know in the heat of battle, it's hard not to get angry, especially in the 19th inning.
Respect is the word I want. You have to earn it. You give, and you get it in return, that's how I see it.
Unless you have bad times, you can't appreciate the good times.
It just feels good to beat the world champs to be the world champs.
Getting fired is what happens to a manager sooner or later.
It's nice to be in first place. But just because you're not on a winner doesn't mean you're a loser.
You get to the big leagues, and you think, 'Can I do this stuff?' Then you take the first pitch down the middle for Strike 1, and you think, 'I could have hit that.'
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.
There's only one New York.
It's not easy to just say you don't want to do something any more.
I have no problem with cheating. Whatever you can get away with.
Jerry Coleman was the kind of player who made me proud to wear the pinstripes.
Baseball, while you're doing it, you think it's going to last forever.
There is no worse emotion than fear.
My wife accuses me - and she's probably right - that I'm sometimes oversensitive.
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.
I've enjoyed my time in the American League, the fans of Southern California and other friendships.
When I was a player and hit into a double play, I felt as if I was letting everyone down.
I'm a very private person, and I don't want to share stuff with anyone.
We all have different ways to do things.
You have to fix something when it first appears.
When you've been in the game as long as I have, you know the managers you've played for, the good ones and the bad ones. Even the good ones get fired.
I played for 18 years, but the only thing that meant anything to me was the World Series.
Pitchers make adjustments, and it's up to the hitters to readjust and sort of tweak what they do.
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.
Baseball has changed dramatically since I began my tenure with the Yankees.
As a player, to me the Dodgers were the Yankees of the National League because... you either loved them or you hated them.
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.
By rule, the decision to reverse a call by use of instant replay is at the sole discretion of the crew chief.
As a supporter of the Prostate Cancer Foundation and their Home Run Challenge program, I am extremely grateful for the valuable partnerships and relationships built with Major League Baseball and our affiliates.
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.
I am deeply saddened and shocked at the loss of umpire Wally Bell.
That's what I'd like to think that my reputation is - being honest.
Scott Boras, I've known for a long time. We were both in the Cardinals organization. I'm a lot older than Scott. He's a very tough man, very tough agent.
TV is not accurate.
At 7-1, your pitching has obviously controlled that other team. At 16-10, I'm not sure when it's safe.
With negotiations, you never know what's going to happen.
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.
Baseball is a team sport played by individuals for themselves.
I feel very fortunate to have broken in with the Milwaukee Braves organization.
Sometimes they say the world rotates a little different for lefthanders.
In baseball, you're always moving people around.
I have great confidence in Rick Caruso's unique qualifications and his ability to lead a successful bid for the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Golf is the only game I know where you call a foul on yourself.
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?
People are proud of their players.
Home-plate collisions are something you cannot ignore.
After you manage the Yankees for 12 years, it's really tough to envision going somewhere else. But then the Dodgers called.
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.
