George Steinbrenner Quotes

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Winning is the most important thing in my life, after breathing. Breathing first, winning next.

George Steinbrenner

Winning, Breathing, Important

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

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Winning means everything...You show me a good loser and I'll show a loser.

George Steinbrenner

Football, Mean, Winning

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When you're entrusted with a tradition, you've got to protect it.

George Steinbrenner

Tradition, Protect

"George Steinbrenner: What I've Learned" by Cal Fussman, www.esquire.com. July 13, 2010.

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Surround yourself with amazingly intelligent men and women. The people I work with not only are smarter than I am, possessing both intellectual and emotional intelligence, but also share my determination to succeed. I will not make an important decision without them.

George Steinbrenner

Determination, Intelligent, Men

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Second place is really the first loser.

George Steinbrenner

Firsts, Loser, Second Place

"George Steinbrenner: What I've Learned". Interview with Cal Fussman, www.esquire.com. January 2002.

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I haven't always done a good job, and I haven't always been successful - but I know that I have tried.

George Steinbrenner

Jobs, Successful, Done

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I'm not a win at all costs guy. Winning isn't everything. It's second to breathing.

George Steinbrenner

Winning, Breathing, Guy

"Top Of The Sixth" by Tom Fitzgerald, www.sfgate.com. September 19, 1996.

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I used to be very hands-on, but lately I've been more hands-off and I plan to become more hands-on and less hands-off and hope that hands-on will become better than hands-off, the way hands-on used to be.

George Steinbrenner

Hands, Way, Used

"SPORTS OF THE TIMES; A Student Of Attila The Hun" by Ira Berkow, www.nytimes.com. May 19, 1990.

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I will never have a heart attack. I give them.

George Steinbrenner

Heart, Giving, Economy

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Owning the Yankees is like owning the Mona Lisa.

George Steinbrenner

Yankees, Economy, Mona Lisa

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My best and worst boss was the same man - my father. He never - and I mean never - took 'I can't' for an answer. He taught me the value system that, to this day, I have continued to practice.

George Steinbrenner

Father, Mean, Men

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But why shouldn't I speak out? Don't you speak out in this country?

George Steinbrenner

Country, Speaks Out, Speak

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Winning was everything. I don’t care what they tell you.

George Steinbrenner

Winning, Care, I Don't Care

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From 1973 to 1982 I ate the exact same lunch everyday . Turkey chili in a bowl made out of bread . Bread bowl George. First you eat the chili then you eat the bowl . There's nothing more satisfying than looking down after lunch and seeing nothing but a table.

George Steinbrenner

Turkeys, Lunch, Everyday

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I am tough. Sometimes I'm unreasonable. I have to catch myself every once in a while.

George Steinbrenner

Tough, Sometimes, Economy

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I guess heaven needed a shortstop.

George Steinbrenner

Yankees, Heaven, Needed

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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

Team, Yankees, Giving

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I'm really 95 percent Mr. Rogers, and only 5 percent Oscar the Grouch.'

George Steinbrenner

Oscars, Roger, Economy

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I hate to lose. Hate, hate, hate to lose.

George Steinbrenner

Hate, I Hate, Loses

"George Steinbrenner, Who Built Yankees Into Powerhouse, Dies at 80" by Richard Goldstein, www.nytimes.com. July 13, 2010.

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If you don't have a hernia yet then you're not pulling your own weight!

George Steinbrenner

Weight, Hernias, Pulling

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Don't talk to me about aesthetics or tradition. Talk to me about what sells and what's good right now. And what the American people like is to think the underdog still has a chance.

George Steinbrenner

Thinking, People, Underdog

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The name Derek Jeter is made for stardom. He's got an infectious smile, and he's so handsome and well-behaved. He's just a fine young man who does everything right. He's like Jack Armstrong and Frank Merriwell, guys I grew up rooting for. Some guys come along who just measure up.

George Steinbrenner

Men, Names, Guy

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David Cone is in a class by himself with three or four other players.

George Steinbrenner

Player, Class, Three

"Top Of The Sixth" by Tom Fitzgerald, www.sfgate.com. September 19, 1996.

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Irabu is a fat, pus-y toad.

George Steinbrenner

Yankees, Toads, Fats

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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

Years, Class, Yankees

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Born: July 4, 1930
Died: July 13, 2010
Occupation: Businessman
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