“I may not have been the greatest Yankee to put on the uniform, but I was the proudest.”
At ceremony retiring his number 1 jersey in 1986. It is also his epitaph, carved into his headstone at Gate of Heaven Cemetery in Valhalla, New York.
Alfred Manuel « Billy » Martin était un joueur de deuxième but et gérant américain de la Ligue majeure de baseball. Il fut manager de l'équipe des New York Yankees à cinq reprises. Il remporta deux championnats de la ligue américaine. Wikipedia
“I may not have been the greatest Yankee to put on the uniform, but I was the proudest.”
At ceremony retiring his number 1 jersey in 1986. It is also his epitaph, carved into his headstone at Gate of Heaven Cemetery in Valhalla, New York.
“To keep the five guys who hate you away from the other five guys who are undecided.”
On the secrets of managing; as quoted in "Once Over Lightly" by Van Thomas, in The Longview News-Journal (March 5, 1974), p. 1-B
“I didn't throw the first punch. I threw the second four.”
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