Mel was the first to admit that those Yankee teams won and won and won during the era he was the broadcaster for them,

Most of the teams that have won here have played No. 18 very, very well.

Of course, that's their story. Of course that's what they're going to say . . . Do you think they'd admit they had a problem with me so they beat me up? They got their story straight. That's their story and they're going to stick with it.

YANKEE, n. In Europe, an American. In the Northern States of our Union, a New Englander. In the Southern States the word is unknown. (See DAMYANK.)

It's great. But it's all about those teams that won it, ... I've got a mentor in [assistant coach] Tex Winter. He says, 'You're only a success at the time you perform a successful task. After that, you can't get a cup of coffee on it.'

Gen Re is an important part of Berkshire. I think Warren would be the first to admit that he didn't know all the problems of Gen Re when he bought it [in 1998].... There clearly is no ethical issue involving him.