New York Yankees Quotes

• My office is at Yankee stadium. Yes, dreams do come true.

  Derek Jeter

  Success, Dream, Winning

  Derek Jeter (2010). “The Life You Imagine: Life Lessons for Achieving Your Dreams”, p.21, Broadway Books

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• You don't just accidentally show up in the World Series.

  Derek Jeter

  Inspiring, Success, Winning

  "Earning a rep". Sports Illustrated, October 25, 2003.

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• It's never over. You don't want to be in the position to be down four runs in the ninth inning, but it's not over until the last out.

  Derek Jeter

  Inspiring, Success, Running

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• So I'm ugly. So what? I never saw anyone hit with his face.

  Yogi Berra

  Beauty, Baseball, Yankees

  Quoted in Paul Dickson, Baseball's Greatest Quotations (1991)

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  If you don't know where you are going, you might wind up someplace else.

  Yogi Berra

  Inspirational, Funny, Success

  "Yogi Berra, baseball Hall of Famer and New York Yankees catcher, dies at 90" by Alan Evans, www.theguardian.com. September 23, 2015.

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• It's great to be young and be a Yankee!

  Joe DiMaggio

  Yankees, Young, Be Young

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• You gotta have fun. Regardless of how you look at it, we're playing a game. It's a business, it's our job, but I don't think you can do well unless you're having fun.

  Derek Jeter

  Success, Jobs, Fun

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• If you come to a fork in the road, take it.

  Yogi Berra

  Funny, Happiness, Baseball

  Yogi: It Ain't Over (1989)

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• He hits from both sides of the plate. He's amphibious.

  Yogi Berra

  Funny, Baseball, Yankees

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• We just want to win. That's the bottom line. I think a lot of times people may become content with one championship or a little bit of success, but we don't really reflect on what we've done in the past. We focus on the present.

  Derek Jeter

  Success, Winning, Past

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• If you're going to play at all, you're out to win. Baseball, board games, playing Jeopardy, I hate to lose.

  Derek Jeter

  Inspiring, Success, Baseball

  FaceBook post by Derek Jeter from Aug 29, 2012

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• It's like deja-vu, all over again.

  Yogi Berra

  Funny, Baseball, Yankees

  "Yogi Berra, baseball Hall of Famer and New York Yankees catcher, dies at 90" by Alan Evans, www.theguardian.com. September 23, 2015.

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• You can observe a lot by just watching.

  Yogi Berra

  Funny, Photography, Yankees

  Quoted in Dick Schaap and Mort Gerberg's Joy in Mudville: The Big Book of Baseball Humor Reflections (p. 185)

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• His reputation preceded him before he got here.

  Don Mattingly

  Yankees, Reputation

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• To be manager of the Yankees under the malevolent dictatorship of George Steinbrenner is like being married to Zsa Zsa Gabor - the union is short and sweet.

  Robert Rubin

  Baseball, Sweet, Yankees

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• Sure I played, did you think I was born at the age of 70 sitting in a dugout trying to manage guys like you?

  Casey Stengel

  Sports, Thinking, Yankees

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• Here at NBC there is just one more reason to hate the Yankees.

  Chet Huntley

  Baseball, Hate, Nbc

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• Wall Street bankers supposedly back the Yankees; Smith College girls approve of them. God, Brooks Brothers, and United States Steel are believed to be solidly in the Yankees' corner... The efficiently triumphant Yankee maching is a great institution, but, as they say, who can fall in love with U.S. Steel?

  Gay Talese

  Girl, Baseball, Brother

  "The Yankees’ Field Of Screams" By Thomas B. Edsall, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 17, 2009.

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• There's always some youngster coming up- they'll find somebody.

  Joe DiMaggio

  Yankees, Youngsters

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• I don't think I've ever seen anybody with quicker hands than Soriano.

  Sandy Koufax

  Thinking, Yankees, Hands

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• When I first signed with the Yankees, the regulars wouldn't talk to you until you were with the team three or four years. Nowadays the rookies get $100,000 to sign and they don't talk to the regulars.

  Lefty Gomez

  Baseball, Team, Yankees

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• Yeah? For what paper?

  Yogi Berra

  Yankees, Paper, Yeah

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• 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

  Running, Yankees, Swings

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• Hating the Yankees is as American as pizza pie, unwed mothers, and cheating on your income tax.

  Mike Royko

  Inspiring, Mothers Day, Baseball

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• The other teams could make trouble for us if they win.

  Yogi Berra

  Funny, Motivational, Baseball

  Yogi Berra (2010). “What Time Is It? You Mean Now?: Advice for Life from the Zennest Master of Them All”, p.141, Simon and Schuster

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