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"Some people have a chip on their shoulder. Billy has a whole lumberyard."
--Jim Murray
"Billy Martin makes the game lean a little more toward professional wrestling. He might as well wear a hood and come to the park as the Masked Manager."
--Mike Downey, quoted in the San Francisco Examiner, May 5, 1983
"People think I hate Billy Martin. I don't. I hate some of the things he did. And I will say I don't understand him...
"Billy Martin is not an intellectual, but there is a cunningness to him that is something to behold."
--Reggie Jackson, Reggie
"I have no idea why I liked him so much. We never could figure it out. Me and Whitey Ford and Billy were all so different. That's why we got along so well."
--Mickey Mantle, shortly after hearing of Martin's death, quoted in the Washington Times December 29, 1989
"We used to tease each other about whose liver was going to go first. I never thought it would end for him this way."
--Mickey Mantle on the death of Martin, quoted in USA Today, December 29, 1989
"He's a good manager. He might be a little selfish about some of the things he does and he may think he knows more about baseball than anybody else, but it wouldn't surprise me if he was right."
--Casey Stengel, quoted in The Sporting News, August 23, 1975
"If liking a kid who will never let you down in the clutch is favoritism, then I plead guilty."
--Casey Stengel on Martin the player, widely quoted
"Billy was a true Yankee--one of the truest ever. He always said he wanted to die a Yankee. He was his own man. He was fiery and could be charming. He was a great manager."
--Bucky Dent, after Martin's death
Billy Martin. Always No. 1
--Marqee at Yankee Stadium on December 26, 1989
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