"Anybody seen Reggie Jackson? I need a Mr. October and all I've got is a Mr. May -- Dave Winfield."

"If my players don't start producing, there will be more fireworks around here by the Fourth of July than anyone can imagine." - (April '82)

"I guess I am a sonofabitch to work for. I don't know if I'd want to work for me." - (March 1981)

"I have nothing against long hair, but wearing a Yankee uniform represents tradition. After all, I'm paying the bills and issuing the paychecks around here and I feel a certain way about Yankee tradition." - (October 1977)

"I'll be a sonofabitch if I'm going to sit here and sign these paychecks and watch us get our ass kicked." - (1975)

"I will never have a heart attack. I give them."

"I won't be active in the day to day operations of the club at all. I can't spread myself so thin."

"My employees know I'm tough on them, and I am. I demand more of them than they think they're capable of. I don't know of any other way to lead. I'm not here to run a country club." - (1977)

"The next time you push me to the wall, I'll throw you over it." - (To manager Billy Martin in 1977.)

"Winning is the most important thing in my life, after breathing. Breathing first, winning next."

"If things go right, they're his team. If things go wrong, they're your team. His favorite line is, 'I will never have a heart attack. I give them.'" - Bob Watson

"The mindset of a team is absolutely crucial to how the players will perform. Professionals or not, there has to be some joy in it, if only to relieve the pressure that builds over a 162-game season. A team doing well can have a lot of fun . . . you can have a great time. With Steinbrenner, though, it's win or lose, live or die. The man shows up and the fun's gone, the pressure's on." - Dave Winfield in his book Winfield: A Player's Life