Yankees Quotes - Page 13

• I grew up a diehard Yankees fan.

  Bubba Watson

  Fans, Grew Up, Diehard

  Source: www.esquire.com

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• I cannot speak so confidently about the fighting qualities of the Eastern men, or what are called Yankees - not knowing myself particularly to whom the appellation belongs - but this I do know - if the Southerners think that man for man they are better than our Illinois men, or western men generally, they will discover themselves in a grievous mistake.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Mistake, Fighting, Men

  Abraham Lincoln (2002). “Conversations With Lincoln”, p.158, Transaction Publishers

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• After you manage the Yankees for 12 years, it's really tough to envision going somewhere else. But then the Dodgers called.

  Joe Torre

  Years, Somewhere Else, Tough

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• Baseball has changed dramatically since I began my tenure with the Yankees.

  Joe Torre

  Baseball, Changed, Tenure

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• Even though I was never a Yankee fan until I put on the uniform, when you think about the deep history of this organization, you always knew what the Yankees represented.

  Joe Torre

  Thinking, Organization, Fans

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• You're always in the storm's eye, so to speak, when you're with the Yankees.

  Joe Torre

  Eye, Storm, Speak

  "Torre on book: 'It wasn't my intention to shock anybody'". Interview with Larry King, www.cnn.com. February 2, 2009.

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• 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

  Favorite Day, Body, Lockers

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• 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

  Country, Europe, Old Buildings

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• I have sensitive skin, so I don't use regular razors. The Yankees make us stay cleanly shaven!

  Mark Teixeira

  Skins, Use, Razors

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• 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

  Mother, Revenge, Father

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• I was Mayor of New York during a great Yankees dynasty. I got to preside over the city during four Yankees championships.

  Rudy Giuliani

  New York, Cities, Dynasty

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• 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

  Hate, Roots, Fans

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• I would say I was jock. I went to Sierra College. I was a big baseball player. Getting into the MLB was my dream - to become a left-handed pitcher for the Yankees. That's what I was hoping, but life kind of went the other way.

  Ryan Guzman

  Baseball, Dream, College

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• 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

  Play, Lakers, Like You

  "Seriously Funny". Interview with Brett Wilbur, www.carmelmagazine.com. February 1, 2007.

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• As a player, to me the Dodgers were the Yankees of the National League because you either loved them or you hated them.

  Joe Torre

  Player, League, Hated

  "Joe Torre Hired to Take Over Los Angeles Dodgers". Associated Press, www.foxnews.com. November 01, 2007.

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• I remember when I got a call and was told I was traded [to the Yankees in 1974], I actually cried because I liked Kansas City. But coming to the Yankees was the best thing that ever happened to me in my baseball career.

  Lou Piniella

  Baseball, Kansas, Cities

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• The biggest thrill I ever had was in 1969, when they held day at Yankee Stadium.

  Mickey Mantle

  Yankee Stadium, Thrill, Stadiums

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• I've waited a long time to be part of a franchise like this [the Yankees].

  Mark Teixeira

  Long, Long Time

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• I don't miss playing for the Yankees. I miss my friends, my teammates.

  Rafael Soriano

  Missing, Teammate, My Friends

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• I'm so excited about the new [Yankee] stadium!

  Mark Teixeira

  Yankee Stadium, Excited, Stadiums

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• I was so happy when I found out I had been drafted by the Yankees. Growing up in Taiwan, I had heard so much about the Yankees but had never even seen them on TV.

  Chien-Ming Wang

  Growing Up, Taiwan, Tvs

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• I quit drinking, and I figure if I go to ten Yankee games this year without drinking I'll save $32,000.

  Artie Lange

  Drinking, Years, Games

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• 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

  Baseball, Team, Player

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• What do they call that hat Jewish guys always wear? A Yankees cap.

  Anthony Jeselnik

  Guy, Hats, Caps

  Twitter post from Aug 11, 2010

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• True Yankees fans know an up-and-coming player when they see one.

  J. B. Smoove

  Player, Fans, Knows

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