New York Yankees Quotes - Page 9

• The only color I don't have is navy brown.

  Yogi Berra

  Yankees, Color, Navy

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• If you can remember all the accessories that go with your best outfit, the contents of your purse, the starting lineup of the New York Yankees or the Houston Oilers, or what label "Hang On Sloopy" by The McCoys was on, you are capable of remembering the differences between a gerund (verb form used as a noun) and a participle (verb form used as an adjective).

  Stephen King

  New York, Writing, Yankees

  Stephen King (2002). “On Writing”, p.112, Simon and Schuster

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• 'This is America,' my father used to say to me, 'and in this country, a smart young fellow like you can grow up and do just about anything.' My dad, no doubt, was thinking doctor, lawyer, teacher, scientist or businessman. I was thinking second baseman, New York Yankees.

  Joe Lieberman

  Baseball, Country, Teacher

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• I hated to bat against Drysdale. After he hit you he'd come around, look at the bruise on your arm and say, 'Do you want me to sign it?'

  Mickey Mantle

  Baseball, Yankees, Bats

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

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• All pitchers are born pitchers.

  Joe DiMaggio

  Yankees, Born, Pitcher

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• He says all the right things, like it's Jeter's team. I want to correct him on that - it's my team.

  George Steinbrenner

  Team, Yankees, Jeter

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

  Waite Hoyt

  Baseball, Yankees, Young

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• Every time I see him, he's not there.

  Yogi Berra

  Yankees

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• See that fella over there? He's 20 years old. In 10 years, he's got a chance to be a star. Now that fella over there, he's 20 years old, too. In 10 years he's got a chance to be 30.

  Casey Stengel

  Stars, Yankees, Years

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• The wind always seems to blow against catchers when they are running.

  Joe Garagiola

  Running, Blow, Yankees

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• At nighttime, you just try to keep him out of jail.

  David Cone

  Jail, Yankees, Trying

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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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• There is no such thing as second place. Either you're first or you're nothing.

  Gabe Paul

  Yankees, Firsts, Second Place

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• A lot of pitchers today are afraid of the ball. Warren Spahn pinch-hit for me when I was a rookie. He hit a sacrifice fly. I couldn't argue. I was 20 years old and just happy to be in the big leagues. And Spahnnie was a good hitter.

  Joe Torre

  Sacrifice, Yankees, Years

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• I'm proud to be a New York Yankee.

  Jacoby Ellsbury

  New York, Yankees, Proud

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  I love it when people doubt me. It makes me work harder to prove them wrong.

  Derek Jeter

  Inspiring, Success, Hard Work

  "Competitive to a Fault". Interview with Anthony Verde, www.menshealth.com. March 12, 2008.

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• It's something inside his heart that's bigger than anything. He's got the heart of a lion about to grab something.

  Darryl Strawberry

  Heart, Yankees, Lions

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• I don't ask for much. I don't ask to be rich, and I don't ask to be famous, and I don't ask to play center field for the New York Yankees. I just want to get married and have a wife, and a house, and I want to have a kid, and I want to go see him be a tooth in the school play!

  Tom Hanks

  Money, New York, School

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• Managing is getting paid for home runs that someone else hits.

  Casey Stengel

  Running, Home, Yankees

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• Always follow your dreams, don't let anyone tell you that you can't be something.

  Alex Rodriguez

  Dream, Yankees, Follow Your Dreams

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• Left-handers have more enthusiasm for life. They sleep on the wrong side of the bed, and their head gets more stagnant on that side.

  Casey Stengel

  Baseball, Sleep, Yankees

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• Johnny Sain don't say much, but that don't matter much, because when you're out there on the mound, you got nobody to talk to.

  Casey Stengel

  Baseball, Yankees, Matter

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• A lot of things run through your head when you're going in to relieve in a tight spot. One of them was, "Should I spike myself?"

  Lefty Gomez

  Running, Yankees, Funny Baseball

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• The guy stroked his goatee. "What do you call twenty guys watching the world series?" "The New York Yankees," Butch replied.

  J.R. Ward

  New York, Yankees, Guy

  J.R. Ward (2011). “J.R. Ward The Black Dagger Brotherhood Novels 1-4”, p.452, Penguin

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• If you saw that Yankee pitching too often, there would be a lot of guys doing different jobs.

  Joe Rudi

  Jobs, Yankees, Guy

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