...his best line, in my opion, ...he was being hounded by a reporter about the police having dogs in the subway...
Reporter: Mr Mayor what about the dogs in the subway?
Koch: ..your worried about dogs?...we should have wolves
....another Koch story:
In the early 80’s I used to follow the horses..(trotters) and had a friend who worked for a nearby stable. She told me about a horse...*smiles*...anyway this particular horse was running on this particular afternoon, but it was at Monticello upstate...bout a 1 1/2 hr away on a good day. Track located off the thruway so it was a direct route, as long as you didn’t miss the exit, ....yeah I missed it.
Now I have about $300 in bets to take care of and I just know people are not going to believe I MISSED THE EXIT....
The race was early on the card (2nd) and I’m still headed in the wrong direction and post time was 1 pm and it’s 12:30 and there just isn’t any exits to turn around....so I did what any horse player would do (under duress),I used the police turn around *smiles*. Well, I got to the track just as the first race finished, go running in, pick up a program, (checking for scratches), and fly up to the windows and the place is packed, looks like 15 deep, now real panic sets in..the reason it’s so crowded,Ed Koch, shaking hands,flash bulbs going off,people yelling,he’s yelling,....and I just don’t wanna get shut out. I’m starting to think about yelling and it ain’t about how he’s doin....out of the corner of my eye I spot another window opening walk over and I get the bets in and the bell rings (whew).....IT WAS A VERY profitable day, but I was so whacked out after the ordeal I only stayed for the third race and left. Close to a 4 hour round trip, but worth it *smiles*....from that day on every time I heard him say “how am I doin?”...I used to answer him (under my breath)