Mariano Rivera famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

I don't just think regular season. I think playoffs. World Series. That's how I think.
-- Mariano Rivera

#Thinking #World #Playoffs
I'm human -- all I do is try to do my job. When I don't do it, the way it happened today, it's out of my control. He put the ball in play and it happened to find a hole. I wish I could take it back, but I can't. You move on.
-- Mariano Rivera

#Jobs #Moving #Play
I'm a simple guy, you know? If I do something, it's not going to be, 'Look at this, look at that.' It just happens.
-- Mariano Rivera

#Simple #Guy #Looks
Fishing is a hard job. Fishing at night. Rain. Day, night. You have to be wise and smart. And quick.
-- Mariano Rivera

#Wise #Jobs #Smart
I know what kind of pitcher Whitey was, and I know what kind of person Whitey is. It makes me feel proud to be a Yankee. We're keeping this in the family.
-- Mariano Rivera

#Yankees #Proud #Kind
I am not a father who wants to give his kids everything. They have to earn it.
-- Mariano Rivera

#Father #Kids #Giving
I don't feel invincible because I'm human.
-- Mariano Rivera

#Invincible #Feels #Humans
Baseball was just the avenue that the Lord used so I can provide for my family,
-- Mariano Rivera

#Baseball #My Family #Lord
Because I have a little bit more, that means I'm better than you? No. Unacceptable.
-- Mariano Rivera

#Mean #Littles
There's a lot of things more than baseball that I want to do.
-- Mariano Rivera

#Baseball #Want
I always take time for somebody who wants to talk to me.
-- Mariano Rivera

#Want #Talk To Me #Take Time
I demand my kids be respectful, responsible and grateful. And they have to love the Lord with all their hearts.
-- Mariano Rivera

#Grateful #Kids #Heart
I don't think any professional accepts defeat.
-- Mariano Rivera

#Thinking #Defeat #Accepting
You're just trying to throw the best pitch you can and make sure you hit your spots. I don't have to force nobody.
-- Mariano Rivera

#Trying #Spots #Force
I have nothing to ask for, thanks to God. Everything I have, God has given me.
-- Mariano Rivera

#Thanks #Given
God is good for everybody. The sun shines on good people and bad people, and it rains on both, too. God doesn't choose rain only for bad people.
-- Mariano Rivera

#Rain #People #Shining
If I have to win one game, Iâ€™d have a hard time taking anybody over Dustin Pedroia as my second baseman.
-- Mariano Rivera

#Hard Times #Winning #Games
I think the good Lord is a Yankee.
-- Mariano Rivera

#Thinking #Yankees #Lord
You canâ€™t second-guess baseballyou canâ€™t second-guess yourself.
-- Mariano Rivera
That's the game of baseball - amazing things happen.
-- Mariano Rivera

#Baseball #Games #Things Happen
If you don't control your emotions, your emotions will control your acts, and that's not good.
-- Mariano Rivera

#Emotion
Don't worry about what the people say; be yourself, say what you want to say WITH respect.
-- Mariano Rivera

#Being Yourself #People #Worry
I like a calm life where nobody bothers me.
-- Mariano Rivera

#Calm #Bother
I miss everything that makes up Panama. I don't have a preference. I love my country.
-- Mariano Rivera

#Country #Missing #Preference
I want to give my respect, glory and time to the Bible - to the word of God - just as I want to give my respect and time to my work.
-- Mariano Rivera

#Giving #Want #Glory
I don't want to pitch forever.
-- Mariano Rivera

#Forever #Want
I don't wait for people to give me respect. I always give them respect.
-- Mariano Rivera

#People #Giving #Waiting
I'm telling you, God loves a lot of people.
-- Mariano Rivera

#People #God Love
Ever since I was a little kid, I was competitive.
-- Mariano Rivera

#Kids #Littles #Little Kid
My father was strict and always taught me, no matter who it is, everybody is an uncle. To me, everybody was someone I respect like family. I grew up with that.
-- Mariano Rivera

#Uncles #Father #Matter

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