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I loved the opportunity to play for the Yankees, too.

I just wanted to go play in the big leagues. But possibly playing for the Yankees is very special.

When I became the manager of the New York Yankees, it was an opportunity to realize my lifelong dream of winning the World Series. We were fortunate enough to succeed in our first season in 1996, and in the years that followed, we wrote some great new chapters in Yankee history.

I was happy that I was drafted, and then it was the Yankees and that just made it even better.

I am a Yankees fan. I should say - have been to more Yankees games than Mets games.

I love being a Yankee, and it's hard not to. It's a special place to play.

You kind of took it for granted around the Yankees that there was always going to be baseball in October.

To play 18 years in Yankee Stadium is the best thing that could ever happen to a ballplayer.

I'm very thankful to the Yankees and to Major League Baseball for allowing me to play this game.

Baseball has changed dramatically since I began my tenure with the Yankees.