“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.
Billy Martin: 3 citations0 J'aime
Billy Martin: Citations en anglais
“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.”
Great Book of Denver Sports Lists https://books.google.com/books?id=0DhXDgAAQBAJ&pg=PT104&dq=i+didn%27t+throw+the+first+punch.+i+threw+the+second+four+billy+martin&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiw38ScqsrfAhVDXCwKHSJnBbsQ6AEILTAA#v=onepage&q=i%20didn't%20throw%20the%20first%20punch.%20i%20threw%20the%20second%20four%20billy%20martin&f=false|The
