Yankees famous quotes
Last updated: Sep 5, 2024
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Derek (Jeter) told me the ghosts would show up eventually!
-- Aaron Boone -
Everybody says we hated the Yankees. We didn't hate the Yankees. We just hated the way they beat us.
-- Al Lopez -
I don't want to change. I haven't done it before, I won't do it now.
-- Alfonso Soriano -
YANKEE, n. In Europe, an American. In the Northern States of our Union, a New Englander. In the Southern States the word is unknown.
-- Ambrose Bierce -
Never is a concept the Yankees won't ever come across.
-- Andy Pettitte -
It only took me 21 runs and five years to get a win here.
-- Andy Pettitte -
I was at Yankee Stadium one time at 5 a.m., but that was to buy angel dust
-- Artie Lange -
Read about your case of amnesia. Must be a new brand.
-- Babe Ruth -
The curve and the fast one are important; the change of pace and the other trick deliveries are great but they're not worth a plugged nickel unless you have control to go along with them. And by control I don't mean the ability to put the ball over the plate somewhere between the shoulders and knees. I mean the ability to hit a three-inch target nine times out of ten, the sort of control that lets you put the ball in the exact spot you want it, and to play a corner to the split fraction of an inch.
-- Babe Ruth -
They started something here, and the kids are keeping the ball rolling.
-- Babe Ruth -
When my Yankee career is over I'll play anywhere, but I'm positive that I'll never find a team quite like the Yankees.
-- Bernie Williams -
So to get to play for the Yankees was really exciting. Really exciting.
-- Bert Campaneris -
I would rather beat the Yankees regularly than pitch a no hit game.
-- Bob Feller -
Yankee Stadium, it's like everything else in this country. In Europe, they save all their old buildings for history. Here, we just tear them all down.
-- Bob Feller -
Sympathy is something that shouldn't be bestowed upon the Yankees. Apparently it angers them.
-- Bob Feller -
Managing is getting paid for home runs that someone else hits.
-- Casey Stengel -
The Yankees don't pay me to win every day, just two out of three.
-- Casey Stengel -
They don't know who I was or that I played baseball.
-- Catfish Hunter -
This 20th win means more to me than the perfect game in 1968.
-- Catfish Hunter -
This must be the legendary Yankee rudeness
-- Charlaine Harris -
Growing up in Rhode Island, my friends would have strung me up if I had been a Yankees fan.
-- Charlie Day -
Here at NBC there is just one more reason to hate the Yankees.
-- Chet Huntley -
You know, the other day I gave all of my old Angels gear to Goodwill...and Goodwill gave it back.
-- Chili Davis -
When you go to other parks, they hang banners for the wild-card or Eastern Division or Western Division champions. Around here, they don't hang anything unless its for being world champions.
-- Chili Davis -
The stadium is a part of the Yankees and the Yankees are a part of the stadium. That will never change.
-- Chuck Knoblauch -
Know what the difference between hitting .250 and .300 is? It's 25 hits - 25 hits in 500 at-bats is 50 points. There's six months in a season, that's about 25 weeks. That means if you get just one extra flare a week - just one - you get a ground ball with eyes, you get a dying quail, just one more dying quail a week ... and you're in Yankee Stadium.
-- Crash Davis -
I've been called a lot of things. But never, and I mean never, could anyone ever make the mistake of calling me a Yankee fan.
-- Curt Schilling -
Most guys who don't like me are either Democrats or Yankee fans.
-- Curt Schilling -
When you're losing, you see what your team is made of.
-- Curtis Granderson -
It's something inside his heart that's bigger than anything. He's got the heart of a lion about to grab something.
-- Darryl Strawberry -
When I look in the mirror, I look at the enemy. There is no one to blame for this but myself. I should have bought myself a mirror a long time ago.
-- Darryl Strawberry -
Here's the thing: I had never been to Boston, my whole life. Probably because I'm a Yankee fan.
-- Dash Mihok -
The Yankees won the pennant, we went on to the World Series, 41 years after that in the city of Toronto. The great city of Toronto, and all the provinces in Canada, everybody reached out and they were excited because we won the first World Series ever, across the border.
-- Dave Winfield -
At nighttime, you just try to keep him out of jail.
-- David Cone -
Let me tell you something: I love the Yankees. And let me tell you why: because without the Yankees, there is nobody to hate.
-- Denis Leary -
In my opinion, I've had the greatest job in the world. I got a chance to be the shortstop for the New York Yankees, and there's only one of those. And I always felt as though it was my job, was to try to provide joy and entertainment for you guys, but it can't compare to what you brought me. So for that, thank you very much.
-- Derek Jeter -
The great thing about being a Yankee is that youre always a Yankee.
-- Derek Jeter -
Yankee Stadium is my favorite stadium; I'm not going to lie to you. There's a certain feel you get in Yankee Stadium.
-- Derek Jeter -
I will never brag about myself, but my family, I can go on forever.
-- Derek Jeter -
MVP, you could have picked a name out of a hat... we have a group of MVPs. You don't rely on one guy. You have to get contributions from everyone.
-- Derek Jeter -
I try to sign for as many kids as possible. Kids come first, and I'll always sign for a kid before an adult.
-- Derek Jeter -
The Yankees have strict rules. You can have a mustache but no other facial hair.
-- Derek Jeter -
The draft is a crapshoot, so I've been very fortunate to be drafted by the Yankees, and to have spent my whole career here.
-- Derek Jeter -
What kind of influence did my parents have on my life? Well, they had the most influence. These are the people who are closest to me. My parents are very positive people. They've been supportive. They're always there.
-- Derek Jeter -
You can't be sensitive, because you're going to get criticized. I don't care who you are, you're going to get criticized.
-- Derek Jeter -
All ballplayers want to wind up their careers with the Cubs, Giants or Yankees. They just can't help it.
-- Dizzy Dean -
Sometimes a week might go by when I don't think about the (perfect) game, but I don't remember when it happened last.
-- Don Larsen -
Everyone asks how I felt before the perfect game. You never feel bad when you're in the World Series. You've got all winter to rest.
-- Don Larsen -
His reputation preceded him before he got here.
-- Don Mattingly -
The players get no respect around here. They (the Yankees) give you money, that's it, not respect. We get constantly dogged and players from other teams love to see that. That's why nobody wants to play here.
-- Don Mattingly -
Baseball will miss Steinbrenner. He did a lot of great things-and some not so great-but it's a sad day for baseball, no doubt about it. He was a winner, and he made the Yankees a winner.
-- Don Zimmer -
Everyone keeps me telling me how great a knee replacement is. Whitey Ford said it was great and so did Ralph Branca. If I had one of those, I don't know that I would retire. But if I left for a month or more, who's going to want me back?
-- Don Zimmer -
I was sitting in the back room by myself when someone came in and said, "Mr. Zimmer, I have to take you down to the make up room." I told them that if anyone can help this face they deserve a bonus.
-- Don Zimmer -
One hundred ten thousand ears in this ballpark, and he's got to hit my ear.
-- Don Zimmer -
There are agencies who are good losers, places where losing is not only accepted, it becomes part of the culture, it is expected. That is debilitating. Don't let that happen to you. At Deutsch we go into every pitch assuming we are the Yankees. It's amazing what happens when you go into a room of smart, hungry people and say, "Failure is not an option." People are galvanized.
-- Donny Deutsch -
Porter Rockwell was that most terrible instrument that can be handled by fanaticism; a powerful physical nature welded to a mind of very narrow perceptions, intense convictions, and changeless tenacity. In his build he was a gladiator; in his humor a Yankee lumberman; in his memory a Bourbon; in his vengeance an Indian. A strange mixture, only to be found on the American continent
-- Fitz Hugh Ludlow -
The Yankee: In acuteness and perseverance, he resembles the Scotch. In frugal neatness, he resembles the Dutch. But in truth, a Yankee is nothing else on earth but himself.
-- Frances Trollope -
Why do the Yankees always win? The other team can't stop looking at the pinstripes.
-- Frank Abagnale -
Even today, if the Royals win six games all year, if they're going to go 6-156, I hope they beat the Yankees six times.
-- George Brett -
You're never going to be a Yankee for a day, or you're never going to be a Laker, but with Pro-Ams, they allow you to feel like you're a professional golfer and play under their conditions.
-- George Lopez -
I've been a Danish prince, a Texas slave-dealer, an Arab sheik, a Cheyenne Dog Soldier, and a Yankee navy lieutenant in my time, among other things, and none of 'em was as hard to sustain as my lifetime's impersonation of a British officer and gentleman.
-- George MacDonald Fraser -
I always thought the Yankees had something to do with it.
-- George Pickett -
Owning the Yankees is like owning the Mona Lisa.
-- George Steinbrenner -
I'm pretty excited, this is a big, big one.
-- George Steinbrenner -
I won't be active in the day-to-day operations of the ball club at all.
-- George Steinbrenner -
I am dead set against free agency. It can ruin baseball.
-- George Steinbrenner -
We plan absentee ownership as far as running the Yankees is concerned.
-- George Steinbrenner -
He says all the right things, like it's Jeter's team. I want to correct him on that - it's my team.
-- George Steinbrenner -
It was the class and dignity which he led his life that made him part of all of us. I will forever treasure the close friendship we shared over the years.
-- George Steinbrenner -
He's the leader on this team, I know when Baltimore let us have him, they thought they were giving us a problem. I'll take problems like that anytime.
-- George Steinbrenner -
As I have said many times - my father was a great fan of Bill Dickey's and he certainly loved the Yankees. I hope that he would be pleased.
-- George Steinbrenner -
When I played, Old-Timers Day was my favorite day of the whole season, because I got to share a locker with one of the great Yankees... It was an out-of-body experience.
-- Goose Gossage -
The first year was weird. I knew I was just there to talk to pitchers and not step on any toes. I could feel my adrenaline start to flow in about the sixth inning. I had to tell myself, "What the hell are you getting excited about? You're not going anywere, big boy. Just go sign some autographs." I was still programmed.
-- Goose Gossage -
Hitting in a game is no different than hitting in a home run contest. It pisses me off to say Barry Bonds is the greatest hitter. He's playing in a wussy era. The game is soft. You never get thrown at today. Last thing a hitter has to worry about today is getting hit. The first thing Hank Aaron had to worry about is: Am I going to survive this at-bat because I'm black.
-- Goose Gossage -
Sparky Lyle went from Cy Young to Sayonara.
-- Graig Nettles -
It was the first time I used that bat. A Yankee fan in Chicago gave it to me the last time we were there and said it would bring me luck. There's no brand name on it or anything. Maybe the guy made it himself. It had been in the bat rack, and I picked it up by mistake because it looked like the bat I had been using the last few days.
-- Graig Nettles -
What the Yankees need is a second base coach.
-- Graig Nettles -
The best thing about being a Yankee is getting to watch Reggie Jackson play every day. The worst thing about being a Yankee? Getting to watch Reggie Jackson play every day
-- Graig Nettles -
I am a Yankees fan. I should say - have been to more Yankees games than Mets games.
-- Harold Ford, Jr. -
This time we aren't fighting the Yankees, we're fighting our friends. But remember this, no matter how bitter things get, they're still our friends and this is still our home.
-- Harper Lee -
I am very happy and excited to re-sign with the Yankees.
-- Hiroki Kuroda -
Seriously, our nation is never going to be on the same page on issues like gun control, welfare, the economy, the environment, etc. I doubt we'll ever come to terms on tastes great or less filling and hybrids versus Hummers, and there will always be Yankees fans and Red Sox fans, and never the 'twain shall meet. Fortunately, all it takes for us to be of one mind is some buttercream frosting.
-- Jen Lancaster -
It was a death struggle every day being a Yankee you either won or you lost. There was no second place. Half of us were nuts by the end of a season.
-- Jerry Coleman -
We were like farm animals compared to today's players who are treated like thoroughbreds.
-- Jim Bouton -
A lot of long relievers are ashamed to tell their parents what they do. The only nice thing about it is that you get to wear a uniform like everbody else.
-- Jim Bouton -
When he took BP everybody would kind of stop what they were doing and watch.
-- Jim Kaat -
Every now and then they threw one where I was swinging.
-- Jim Kaat -
The Yankees, you see, they're a money team, they're the class of baseball. You don't ever bet against that.
-- Jim Thorpe
