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"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."
"Another club can be beating you for six innings but for some reason the good ball clubs get tough and win them in the last three."
"Cheating in baseball is just like hot dogs, french fries, and cold Cokes."
"Everybody judges players different. I judge a player by what he does for his ball club and not by what he does for himself."
"Everything looks nicer when you win. The girls are prettier. The cigars taste better. The trees are greener."
"I can't tell how good a tem really is until I see them playing under pressure."
"I don't throw the first punch. I throw the second four."
"If there's anybody you can get out, tell me and I'll let you pitch to him." - Billy Martin to a floundering Ron Guidry.
"I may not have been the best Yankee to put on the pinstripes, but I am the proudest."
"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."
"The only pitcher I had left was Mike Armstrong and the reason I didn't use him was that I wanted to win the game."
"The rules are made by me, but I don't have to follow them."
"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."
"When I get through managing, I'm going to open up a kindergarten."
"When you arrive at the ballpark and find your name has been scratched from the parking list." - On When you know you're about to be fired
"When you're a professional, you come back no matter what happened the day before."
"You don’t want ‘em to like you…If you’re any good, it’ll only make you play harder."
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