Breathing first, winning next.

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

You shouldn't have any betting in the locker room at all, whether it's baseball or it's horses. You can't beat the horses. You can't beat any kind of gambling because they have the odds.

Don't talk to me about aesthetics or tradition. Talk to me about what sells and what's good right now. And what the American people like is to think the underdog still has a chance.

Owning the Yankees is like owning the Mona Lisa.

I haven't always done a good job, and I haven't always been successful - but I know that I have tried.

Winning means everything...You show me a good loser and I'll show a loser.

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

Second place is really the first loser.

He's the leader on this team, I know when Baltimore let us have him, they thought they were giving us a problem. I'll take problems like that anytime.

But why shouldn't I speak out? Don't you speak out in this country?

Harry, we saw Uranus up close!” said Ron, still giggling feebly. “Get it, Harry? We saw Uranus — ha ha ha —

In this world, the most wonderful place to be, is in the guiding care of our loving Heavenly Father.

Palaeontology is the Aladdin's lamp of the most deserted and lifeless regions of the earth

No one wants to suffer. But that is the fate of each. And some suffer more. Not necessarily of their own volition. It's not about to enduring the suffering. It's about how you endure it.

Happiness isn't a fortune in a cookie. It's deeper, wider, funnier, and more transporting than that.

There's no substitute for will. Sometimes you have to fake will when you don't feel it at all.

My friend asked me if I wanted a frozen banana. I said 'No, but I want a regular banana later, so... yeah.'

In childhood I developed a serious throat infection, and my heart stopped beating. I recovered from that illness with a voice that boomed forth like Kate Smith's!

Say nothing and just make music and you'll find plenty to say.

It's just, it's fun to stay in the game.