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So what I did on the field was the essence of what I am. Remember me like that.

I always knew I wanted to have a good career, so I made it happen.

I think early on I knew what I was going to do and it was based a lot on familiarity but it was also because I didn't have a lot of skills. There was nothing I wanted t be. I didn't want to be a doctor. I wanted to be in show business.

I knew I'd never make it back to the major leagues as a player. Lee MacPhail came to me and asked if I wanted to manage the Yankees' Fort Lauderdale club. I thought about it for a day or two and decided to take the job. That was the turning point. I knew it was what I wanted to do.

I tried to look around to see what I wanted to do. Football was something I knew the most about.

I learned how important it is to entertain people and give them a reason to come and watch you play.

But I would say basically, I would just like to be remembered for what I did on the field.

I learned how to be a learner. When you get in a job, the tendency is to say, 'I've got to know it. I've got to give direction to others. I'm in this job because I'm better and smarter.' I always took a different view, that the key was to identify the people who really knew and learn from them.