I'm really 95 percent Mr. Rogers, and only 5 percent Oscar the Grouch.'

I'm really 95 percent Mr. Rogers, and only 5 percent Oscar the Grouch.'

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

In the end, I'll put my good acts up against those of anybody in this country. Anybody.

Let's not talk punishment.

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

I haven't always made the right decisions.

We plan absentee ownership as far as running the Yankees is concerned.

As I have said many times - my father was a great fan of Bill Dickey's and he certainly loved the Yankees. I hope that he would be pleased.

Owning the Yankees is like owning the Mona Lisa.

I was often misquoted. I was supportive of my managers, even though they all may not think so.

I am dead set against free agency. It can ruin baseball.

I don't want to be in the Hall of Fame. I don't think owners should be.

As I've always said, the way New Yorkers back us we have to produce for them.

I don't think that anybody should be suspended for life for anything, other than murder. How is it helping someone to say, 'You're done forever, your life's over'?

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

People keep coming up to me and asking, 'How does it feel to be banned for life?' Banned for life. I wasn't banned for life. There was never a word of suspension, probation or ban in that agreement. It was never meant to be part of it.

I think about the next season right away.

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.

Is it in the best interest of baseball to sell beer in the ninth inning? Probably not. The rule has got to be more clearly defined. And then some process should be set up where the judge is not also the appeals judge.

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

I am tough. Sometimes I'm unreasonable. I have to catch myself every once in a while.

Ruth was probably the greatest athlete to perform in any sport. Never has there been anybody like him.

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.

History is replete with examples of moments in time when we talk about deficit reduction and try to advance on it around the world, that is, where it leads to job losses, not job creation.

The Bourbon King was first ambassador of reason and human happiness.

Once, during Prohibition, I was forced to live for days on nothing but food and water.

We have played so well that the guys have really made my job fairly easy.

A lot of my friends were fooling around with drugs then.

Good afternoon guys just remember that no matter where you are right now focus and a positive mindset can lead you to where you want to be in life.

I'm on a lot of nonprofit boards, but if I didn't enjoy it I wouldn't do it. I haven't yet done anything that's transformational in philanthropy. But I hope at some point to target two or three causes or organizations and really make transformational gifts.

I send messages to the White House continuously.

My favorite healthy foods are Jamaican chicken soup, Jamaican chicken stew peas, Jamaican brown stew chicken, plantains and banana chips.

Nuclear apocalypse - who do you need? Actors are probably not top of the list. What can I do for you? I can pretend to be somebody who can grow you some nice crops.

I've flown out of character so many times. In that sense I've been lucky, because I've been given the liberty to do just about anything I've wanted to do in my lifetime.

Anything will give up its secrets if you love it enough. Not only have I found that when I talk to the little flower or to the little peanut they will give up their secrets, but I have found that when I silently commune with people, they give up their secrets also - if you love them enough.

We can't choose the number of our age, but we CAN choose the age of our attitude.

What soap is for the body tears are for the soul.

Contradictions are the impossible chasms that create forever separations. God is the forever bridge that creates impossible reunions.

Writing free verse is like playing tennis with the net down.

Achingly funny as it was, Larry Gelbart's writing gave off sparks that turned a hard light on the way we are.

From the first album, Led Zeppelin was always going to be a totally new approach from what had gone before - whether it was approaching the blues or folk music like 'Babe I'm Gonna Leave You': nothing existed like that.

Even for runners who never make the transition to more sophisticated workouts, easing into speedwork will lead to more enjoyable running.

I always take an Alastair Sawday guide. I stayed in three or four places in India that they had recommended, and every one of them was wonderful.

My relationship with the mountains actually started when I was 16. Every year, a group used to be taken from Auckland Grammar down to the Tangariro National Park for a skiing holiday.

Launching a breakthrough idea is like shooting skeet. Peoples needs change so you must aim well ahead of the target to hit it.

Politics is much too serious to be taken too seriously; equally, there are many aspects of it so laughable as to be lamentable.

I love guys and the way they think; they're so straightforward - and women can learn from that.