I was always told that I was too small, too skinny, too slow, not tough enough, and I never ever believed what people told me.
After you manage the Yankees for 12 years, it's really tough to envision going somewhere else. But then the Dodgers called.
At 7-1, your pitching has obviously controlled that other team. At 16-10, I'm not sure when it's safe.
I played for 18 years, but the only thing that meant anything to me was the World Series.
I won't be managing the Mets. I am closing the door on managing the Mets and probably everybody else.
In regards to steroids, I think we're all to blame, all of baseball. I never realized how far-reaching this problem has been.
As a player, to me the Dodgers were the Yankees of the National League because... you either loved them or you hated them.
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.
The fact that somebody is reducing your salary is just telling me they're not satisfied with what you're doing.
When you take a job, you don't just accept the pats on the back. You have to accept the kicks in the pants.
I'm more of a feel pitcher. If something's wrong, I don't watch a video. I go throw in the bull pen until it feels right.
When I came into baseball, I had one goal for my career - the Hall of Fame.
Sometimes all you need is just for somebody to believe in you in order to be able to accomplish maybe what you never thought you could.
I know Andy Roddick's probably tired about me talking about how many times I beat him when we were kids.
Each and every year I feel like I've gotten a little bit better and that's always been my goal, was just to get a little bit better.
We have a beautiful little boy who is 18 months old and another little boy to be born in October. We are very excited about that.
I'm a strong man, and usually I get over hurts and it makes me stronger when I come back.
I was doing comedy in laundry mats in 1992, literally where I would bring a little gorilla amp and a lapel mike and just start performing.
I have far too many skeletons in my closet to think about any sort of serious mention of public office.
Clemens, Seaver, Gibson, Maddux - I just don't see myself in that category. I'm flattered that maybe it's debatable at this point.
With the White Sox, when we do stuff, everybody's opinion is asked for, is given and then decisions are made on just about everything.
