Quotes

"My services were longer required." (answering to why the Yankees let him go after losing the 1960 World Series)

"This is a team that has come along slowly fast. Gimme another pineapple juice and vodka." (after the 1969 World Series won by the Miracle Mets)

"Can't anybody here play this game?" (while managing the Mets in 1962)

"If I can't run out to the mound to take a pitcher out, I don't expect to complete my year of service with this ballclub." (explaining why he was retiring due to a fractured hip)

You can look it up.

Most men my age are dead.

There's a time in every man's life, and I've had a few of 'em

Going to bed with a woman never hurt a ballplayer. It's staying up all night looking for them that does you in.

I'll never make the mistake of being 70 again.

Ability is the art of getting credit for all the home runs anybody else hits.

[on Elston Howard becoming the Yankees' first black player in 1955]: All that black talent out there and I get the only n***er that can't f***ing run.