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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• 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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• 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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• 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'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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• Owning the Yankees is like owning the Mona Lisa.

  George Steinbrenner

  Yankees, Economy, Mona Lisa

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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 will never have a heart attack. I give them.

  George Steinbrenner

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

  George Steinbrenner

  Oscars, Roger, Economy

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

  George Steinbrenner

  Winning, Care, I Don't Care

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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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• 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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• I guess heaven needed a shortstop.

  George Steinbrenner

  Yankees, Heaven, Needed

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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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• Breathing first, winning next.

  George Steinbrenner

  Winning, Breathing, Next

  "Yankees Owner George Steinbrenner Dies at 80", www.foxnews.com. July 13, 2010.

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