I have been blessed to win a number of awards and be involved in numerous historical baseball moments over my 20-year career with the Los Angeles Dodgers and San Diego Padres. — Steve Garvey
Baseball was, is and always will be to me the best game in the world. — Babe Ruth
Family is everything. It is even more important than baseball. — Luis Tiant
The Babe is here. Who's coming in second? — Babe Didrikson Zaharias
A fellow has to have faith in God above and Rollie Fingers in the bullpen. — Alvin Dark
[Baseball] breaks your heart. It is designed to break your heart. — A. Bartlett Giamatti
Cleveland is my hometown, and the Indians have a narrow but rich history. — Fred Willard
The problem with Yanks is they are wimps. — Gordon Ramsay
I am a huge sports fan. — Kris Allen
I like playing for Oakland, they have a very colorful uniform. — Rickey Henderson
New York Yankees Image Quotes
New beginnings are often disguised as painful endings.
Yankees Baseball Quotes
If you do not know where you are going, every road will get you nowhere — Henry A. Kissinger
If you don't know where you are currently standing, you're dead. — Samuel Beckett
I swing big, with everything I've got. I hit big or I miss big. I like to live as big as I can. — Babe Ruth
When the past calls, let it go to voicemail. It has nothing new to say.
I don't know (if they were men or women running naked across the field). They had bags over their heads. — Yogi Berra
It's hard to get lost if you don't know where you're going. — Jim Jarmusch
I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the earth. — Lou Gehrig
If you're brave enough to say goodbye, life will reward you with a new hello.
I hated to bat against Drysdale. After he hit you he'd come around, look at the bruise on your arm and say, 'Do you want me to sign it?' — Mickey Mantle
If you don t know where you are, a map won't help. — Watts Humphrey
Some kids dream of joining the circus, others of becoming a major league baseball player. I have been doubly blessed. As a member of the New York Yankees, I have gotten to do both. — Graig Nettles
Ninety percent of this game is half mental. — Yogi Berra
Yankee Quotes
It's impossible to explain to a Yankee what `tacky' is. They simply have no word for it up north, but my God, do they ever need one. — Pat Conroy
See that fella over there? He's 20 years old. In 10 years, he's got a chance to be a star. Now that fella over there, he's 20 years old, too. In 10 years he's got a chance to be 30. — Casey Stengel
The fascists in most Latin American countries tell the people that the reason their wages will not buy as much in the way of goods is because of Yankee imperialism. The fascists in Latin America learn to speak and act like natives. — Henry A. Wallace
The last thing you want to do is finish playing or doing anything and wish you would have worked harder. — Derek Jeter
The art of making love, muffled up in furs, in the open air, with the thermometer at Zero, is a Yankee invention. — John Quincy Adams
Dear Scarlett! You aren't helpless. Anyone as selfish and determined as you are is never helpless. God help the Yankees if they should get you." -Rhett Butler — Margaret Mitchell
I'm not perfect; no one is perfect. Everyone makes mistakes. I think you try to learn from those mistakes. — Derek Jeter
Scarlett: You should die of shame to leave me here alone and helpless. Rhett: You helpless? (laughs) Heaven help the Yankees if they capture you. — Vivien Leigh
What you've lost sight of is what you are, and what you are is what you hate. You're the 10-time WWE Champion! You're the man! You, like the Red Sox, like Boston, are no longer the underdog! You're a dynasty. You are what you hate. You have become the New York Yankees! — CM Punk
He was a Baptist minister who prayed through his six-shooter which he claimed was the most efficacious form of prayer, especially in dealing with Yankees...he would go into battle singing the songs of David. — John S. Mosby
Yankee Stadium Quotes
When I was 15 years old, I used to actually dream I was pitching in Yankee Stadium. Bill Dickey was my catcher. — Tommy Lasorda
I want to thank the good lord for making me a yankee — Joe Dimaggio
Most great writers suffer and have no idea how good they are. Most bad writers are very confident. Be willing to be a child and be the Lilliputian in the world of Gulliver, the bat girl in Yankee Stadium. That’s a more fruitful way to be. — Mary Karr
I was at Yankee Stadium one time at 5 a.m., but that was to buy angel dust — Artie Lange
In the building I live in on Park Avenue there are ten people who could buy the Yankees, but none of them could hit the ball out of Yankee Stadium. — Reggie Jackson
When I first came to Yankee Stadium I used to feel like the ghosts of Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig were walking around in there. — Mickey Mantle
There is a feeling when you are in Yankee Stadium that it is a very sacred ground you are walking on and you know you had the same feelings that other great players have had in other eras that played right there on that field. — Cal Ripken, Jr.
To play 18 years in Yankee Stadium is the best thing that could ever happen to a ballplayer. — Mickey Mantle
If I were playing today I'd do what Joe DiMaggio said. I'd go knock on the door at Yankee Stadium and when George Steinbrenner answered I'd say, 'Howdy, pardner.' — Mickey Mantle
Cameron Indoor Stadium is a special place in sports and there's really nothing else out there quite like it. Anytime I'm inside Cameron, I've got memories. Cameron is like Yankee Stadium or the old Boston Garden. — Grant Hill
Yankee Fans Quotes
After all, a district judge who gives harsh sentences to Yankees fans and lenient sentences to Red Sox fans would not be acting reasonably even if her procedural rulings were impeccable. — John Paul Stevens
I am the living death, a Memorial Day on wheels. I am your Yankee Doodle Dandy, your John Wayne come home, your Fourth of July firecracker exploding in the grave. — Ron Kovic
Most guys who don't like me are either Democrats or Yankee fans. — Curt Schilling
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
As much as we disliked the Yankees, fans and players alike, they were good for baseball. They consistently unsuccessful teams like the Browns, Senators, and A's paid a lot of their bills with those big crowds that poured through the gates when the Yankees came to town. — Bob Feller
I was a Yankee fan in Brooklyn because my father was a Yankee fan. And my father was required to live in Brooklyn with my mothers family, who were all Dodger fans. So he was surrounded by Dodger fans. He was a Yankee fan. So his revenge was to make me a Yankee fan. — Rudy Giuliani
I can't be the Mayor of L.A. I hate the Dodgers. I'm a Yankee fan. Yankee fans can't ever root for the Dodgers. — Rudy Giuliani
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
Ive always been a daydreamer. When the other kids were playing, I was listening to the roar at Yankee Stadium - I was always attracted to the roar of the crowd. — Puff Daddy
To pitch a perfect game wearing pinstripes at Yankee Stadium, it's unbelievable. Growing up a Yankee fan, to come out here and make history, it really is a dream come true. — David Wells
New York City Quotes
My dream is to drop three atomic bombs on New York City. — Raul Castro
You don’t get black power by chanting it. You get it by doing what the other groups have done. The Irish kept quiet. They didn’t shout “Irish Power”, “Jew Power”, [or] “Italian Power”. They kept their mouths shut and took over the police department of New York City, and the mayorship of Boston. — Whitney M. Young
It is ridiculous to set a detective story in New York City. New York City is itself a detective story. — Agatha Christie
I'm living every ten-year-old boy's fantasy. The other day, Chris and I had this big scene where we had to pull out our guns, and I was thinking, 'Here we are in New York City - a place where every actor wants to be - and we are literally playing cops and robbers. How great is that?' — Mariska Hargitay
Shortly thereafter, some friends encouraged me to try out for the Miss South Carolina World beauty pageant. To my surprise, I won - and was sent to New York City to compete nationally. — Donna Rice Hughes
The N.Y.C. tech scene is vibrant, and Betabeat will be a great vehicle to cover it in depth. — Jared Kushner
With the spirit of my administration, New York City is poised for dramatic change. The era of fear has had a long enough reign. — Rudy Giuliani
I'm preparing for a multimedia theater piece, Airport Music, that's coming up in New York City. — Jessica Hagedorn
New York... is a city of geometric heights, a petrified desert of grids and lattices, an inferno of greenish abstraction under a flat sky, a real Metropolis from which man is absent by his very accumulation. — Roland Barthes
I would give the greatest sunset in the world for one sight of New York's skyline. — Ayn Rand
So many ideas come to you and you want to try them all, but you can't. You're like a mosquito in a nudist colony, you don't know where to start. — Reggie Jackson
I'm the straw that stirs the drink. — Reggie Jackson
Out of what... a thousand? — Mickey Rivers
To get a better piece of chicken, you'd have to be a rooster. — Mickey Mantle
If I played in New York, they'd name a candy bar after me. — Reggie Jackson
Now this is over thirty years later and the guy said he was that cab driver. He apologized and he was serious. I felt awful. He might have been spending his whole life thinking he had jinxed me, but I told him he hadn't. My number was up. — Joe Dimaggio
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
Why buy good luggage? You only use it when you travel. — Yogi Berra
Maybe they made me captain because I've been here so long. But if I'm supposed to lead by example, then I'll be a terrible captain. — Thurman Munson
Baseball didn't really get into my blood until I knocked off that hitting streak. Getting a daily hit became more important to me than eating, drinking or sleeping. — Joe Dimaggio
I think you learn. You learn from your mistakes. You learn from things you do and try to stay away from the negatives in your life. I think I've grown. — Jorge Posada
We were mighty short of infielders in those days — Lou Gehrig
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
On the day I was signed, Mr. Finley, the owner of the Athletics at that time came up to me and said, 'When you were six you ran away from home, and when your parents found you at a nearby lake, you had already caught two catfish and were pulling in a third. Now repeat it back to me.' — Catfish Hunter
Here's the pitch. Mantle swings. There's a tremendous drive going into deep left field! It's going, going! It's over the bleachers... over the sign atop the bleachers... into the yards of houses across the street! It's got to be one of the longest runs I've ever seen! How about that! — Mel Allen
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
I'm a little too belligerent. I cuss and swear at people. I yell at umpires and maybe I'm a little to tough at home sometimes. I don't sign as many autographs as I should and I haven't always been that good with writers. — Thurman Munson
You take a team with twenty-five assholes and I'll show you a pennant. I'll show you the New York Yankees. — Bill Lee
I have a lot of regrets about what I've done. If I had to do it over again, I never would have left the Mets. I'm very thankful for all that Mr. (George) Steinbrenner did for me when I was with the Yankees, but I wish I had stayed in New York with the Mets. — Darryl Strawberry
Listen up, because I've got nothing to say and I'm only gonna to say it once. — Yogi Berra
There's nobody on my ball club that doesn't go from first to third on a base hit, or from second to home. Every time you steal a base, you're taking a gamble on getting thrown out, and taking the bat out of the hitter's hand. — Casey Stengel
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
I didn't really say everything I said. — Yogi Berra
Left-handers have more enthusiasm for life. They sleep on the wrong side of the bed, and their head gets more stagnant on that side. — Casey Stengel
I was never nervous when I had the ball, but when I let go I was scared to death. — Lefty Gomez
His reputation preceded him before he got here. — Don Mattingly
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
Here at NBC there is just one more reason to hate the Yankees. — Chet Huntley
The only color I don't have is navy brown. — Yogi Berra
I don't care what the situation was, how high the stakes were - the bases could be loaded and the pennant riding on every pitch, it never bothered Whitey. He pitched his game. Cool. Craft. Nerves of steel. — Mickey Mantle
Every day that goes by and we don't win a ballgame, that's a missed opportunity for us to battle back. — Brett Gardner
Rooting for the Yankees is like owning a yacht. — Jimmy Cannon
Thanks, you don't look so hot yourself. — Yogi Berra
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