Jorge Posada Quotes

• I'm very proud of my area around the plate. I don't want anyone messing with my dirt.

  Jorge Posada

  Want, Proud, Dirt

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• 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

  Mistake, Thinking, Yankees

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• I could never wear another uniform. I will forever be a Yankee.

  Jorge Posada

  Yankees, Forever, Uniforms

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• The only thing that matters is when the team wins.

  Jorge Posada

  Team, Winning, Matter

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• You gotta take care of yourself; you cant do anything in excess.

  Jorge Posada

  Excess, Care, Cant

  "Jorge Posada Talks Fenway Franks, Booze - and Cameron Diaz". Interview with Alyssa Shelasky, www.grubstreet.com. June 7, 2011.

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• There is only one Mariano Rivera. There wont be another person who will come along and do what he did. No one does it like him. It was an honor to catch him and play alongside him for as long as I did. He made my job as a catcher so much easier. Mariano is a special person and obviously a special player.

  Jorge Posada

  Jobs, Player, Long

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• If I see a problem (in the clubhouse), I say something right away. I don't wait two or
  three days.

  Jorge Posada

  Two, Waiting, Three

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• I come out here every day, and my job is important when it comes to being there
  every day and being there for my pitchers. I really want to be known more as a
  defensive guy, and take my pitchers to the next level. Every time I go out on
  the field, I take a lot of pride in what I do at the plate, but I take a lot
  more pride in what I do behind the plate.

  Jorge Posada

  Jobs, Pride, Guy

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• My father knows me better than anyone. He can tell me over the phone what I'm doing wrong.

  Jorge Posada

  Father, Phones, Know Me

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• I'm always happy. I like to have fun. During the game, I don't like showing my emotions, though. I'm all about winning the game. I take a lot of responsibility for that.

  Jorge Posada

  Fun, Responsibility, Winning

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• When you're aggressive behind the plate, calling a game, that's when you're at your best. You can't be tentative.

  Jorge Posada

  Games, Calling, Plates

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• I try to go out and do the same thing every night. I've been taught since I was a kid that the only thing that matters is winning.

  Jorge Posada

  Kids, Winning, Night

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• I belong a Yankee. I'm really happy that I got the chance to sign a good contract, and really happy that I got the chance to stay with the Yankees. Going elsewhere, I was going to hear the offers, but the Yankees made it really tough.

  Jorge Posada

  Yankees, Chance, Tough

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• My favorite part (of the game) is knowing that they're comfortable, knowing that, no matter
  what, they can count on me. What I really enjoy most about catching is the
  relationship with a pitcher. The most important thing is they can relax when I'm
  back there and know that I did my job, I did some homework on hitters.

  Jorge Posada

  Jobs, Games, Knowing

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• You can always look back on having a good defensive day, even if you didn't do anything offensively. You won the game and you contributed.

  Jorge Posada

  Games, Looks, Ifs

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• My dad was the first one who said, 'You're going to end up behind the plate because you've got a very good arm and you're very smart when it comes to calling a game.'

  Jorge Posada

  Dad, Smart, Games

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• He's (his father Jorge Posada IV) happy for me. He remembers all of my big games. When I hit
  my first home run in the World Series, he was here, and he cried. It's like I'm
  living his dream.

  Jorge Posada

  Dream, Running, Father

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• I don't want to be gone. I don't want to be somewhere else. I consider myself a Yankee.

  Jorge Posada

  Yankees, Somewhere Else, Gone

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• You have to understand what they (pitchers) do. That's my job. You have to find a way to get them
  through the game if they're not feeling good. When everything is going good and
  they're feeling one-hundred percent, it's my job to keep them that way. And you know what? If I see something, I'm going to let them know.

  Jorge Posada

  Jobs, Games, Feel Good

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• Some days, you feel like a 22-year-old and some days you feel like a 40-year-old.

  Jorge Posada

  Years, Feels

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• Some days are a blessing when you wake up and you say, 'Wow, I feel good today.' Some days are like: 'Wow, I feel bad. I got no chance today.' You tape it up and you go.

  Jorge Posada

  Blessing, Feel Good, Tape

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• Hideki Irabu had a very good curveball. Just a straight up and down, swing-and-miss curveball.

  Jorge Posada

  Swings, Missing, Straight Up

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• I'm a lot older. I'm wiser. I know what to do now, and hopefully, I don't
  get in (anybody's) way.

  Jorge Posada

  Way, Wiser, Hopefully

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• John Wetteland had a very good curveball. He threw it for a strike, too, in any count, any situation. But, he really didnt use it much. He didnt want to throw it. He wanted to throw fastball-slider.

  Jorge Posada

  Use, Want, Strikes

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• He pitches better when he's mad, so I try to make him that way.

  Jorge Posada

  Yankees, Mad, Trying

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