Nobody's a natural. You work hard to get good and then work to get better. It's hard to stay on read more

Nobody's a natural. You work hard to get good and then work to get better. It's hard to stay on top.

Me and George and Billy are two of a kind.
(on his relationship with George Steinbrenner and Billy Martin)

Me and George and Billy are two of a kind.
(on his relationship with George Steinbrenner and Billy Martin)

Those who complain how the ball bounces are often the ones who dropped it.

Those who complain how the ball bounces are often the ones who dropped it.

Coaches have to watch for what they don't want to see and listen to what they don't want to hear.

Coaches have to watch for what they don't want to see and listen to what they don't want to hear.

It took me seventeen years to get three thousand hits in baseball. I did it in one afternoon on the read more

It took me seventeen years to get three thousand hits in baseball. I did it in one afternoon on the golf course.

Boxing is smoky halls and kidneys battered until they bleed.

Boxing is smoky halls and kidneys battered until they bleed.

Sports do not build character. They reveal it.

Sports do not build character. They reveal it.

Competition is a process or variety of habitual behavior that grows out of a habit of mind.

Competition is a process or variety of habitual behavior that grows out of a habit of mind.

Wrestling is ballet with violence.

Wrestling is ballet with violence.