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When I was 16 years old, my brother Frank said, 'You'd better become a catcher, because you're too big and fat to do anything else.' Well, I took his advice. It was a quick way to get to the big leagues, and I've never regretted it.


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.'


As a member of a competitive team, you want to make sure you have yourself ready to play. You don't control anything but what you do.


My 12 years in New York were very, very special, the fans were very special, and it's something I will take with me wherever I go and into retirement.


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.


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.


I felt there was a lot of love in my house. And my mom was, you know, the basis of all that.


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.


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.


You can't win the Kentucky Derby unless you're on a thoroughbred.


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.


Unless you have bad times, you can't appreciate the good times.


'Million Dollar Arm' touches on many of the Safe At Home Foundation's core values, such as children, teamwork and family.


Every place where I played or managed is special to me because of the memories and the friendships that each afforded me.


When I became the manager of the New York Yankees, it was an opportunity to realize my lifelong dream of winning the World Series. We were fortunate enough to succeed in our first season in 1996, and in the years that followed, we wrote some great new chapters in Yankee history.


Getting fired is what happens to a manager sooner or later.


Stress is something that is sort of out of your control. You get stressed out over looking at the finish line. Stress is something that is an outside thing. Stress is an anxiety.


I have no problem with cheating. Whatever you can get away with.


Competing at the highest level is not about winning. It's about preparation, courage, understanding and nurturing your people, and heart. Winning is the result.


Golf is the only game I know where you call a foul on yourself.