You always get a special kick on opening day, no matter how many you go through. You look forward to it like a birthday party when you're a kid. You think something wonderful is going to happen.

A ball player has to be kept hungry to become a big leaguer. That's why no boy from a rich family has ever made the big leagues.

There is always some kid who may be seeing me for the first or last time, I owe him my best.

A person always doing his or her best becomes a natural leader, just by example.

I can remember a reporter asking me for a quote, and I didn't know what a quote was. I thought it was some kind of soft drink.

I'd like to thank the good Lord for making me a Yankee.