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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• I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the earth.

  Lou Gehrig

  Movie, Baseball, Men

  Farewell speech at Yankee Stadium, New York, N.Y., 4 July 1939.

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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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  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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• I didn't come to New York to be a star. I brought my star with me.

  Reggie Jackson

  Sports, New York, Stars

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

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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 great to be young and be a Yankee!

  Joe DiMaggio

  Yankees, Young, Be Young

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

  Yogi Berra

  Funny, Baseball, Yankees

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• You've got to be very careful if you don't know where you are going, because you might not get there.

  Yogi Berra

  Inspirational, Funny, Motivational

  "What Time Is It? You Mean Now?: Advice for Life from the Zennest Master of Them All". Book by Yogi Berra, 2003.

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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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• I usually take a two-hour nap from one to four.

  Yogi Berra

  Funny, Baseball, Yankees

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• Have faith in the Yankees my son. Think of the great DiMaggio.

  Ernest Hemingway

  Faith, Son, Thinking

  Ernest Hemingway (2016). “The Old Man and the Sea”, p.3, Hamilton Books

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• I never blame myself when I'm not hitting. I just blame the bat and if it keeps up, I change bats. After all, if I know it isn't my fault that I'm not hitting, how can I get mad at myself?

  Yogi Berra

  Funny, Change, Baseball

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• I would rather beat the Yankees regularly than pitch a no hit game.

  Bob Feller

  Sports, Baseball, Yankees

  Bob Feller (1947). “Strikeout Story”

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• It's hard to get lost if you don't know where you're going.

  Jim Jarmusch

  Baseball, Funny Motivational, Goals Dreams

  "His Films, His Way: Jim Jarmusch Is Still Figuring Out How to Do It". Interview with Marc Savlov, www.austinchronicle.com. October 20, 2000.

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• Why buy good luggage? You only use it when you travel.

  Yogi Berra

  Funny, Baseball, Yankees

  Yogi Berra (1998). “The Yogi Book”, p.44, Workman Publishing

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• It ain't the heat, it's the humility.

  Yogi Berra

  Funny, Summer, Baseball

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• You better cut the pizza in four pieces because I'm not hungry enough to eat six.

  Yogi Berra

  Funny, Baseball, Food

  Twitter post from Feb 9, 2018

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