Yankees Quotes - Page 11

• 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, Bats, Looks

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

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• Once in a while, I played second base; once in a while, outfield. But those were just pickup games and softball leagues. So when I bought the Yankees, I tried to stay one pace ahead of the players.

  George Steinbrenner

  Funny, Softball, Player

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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, Differences

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

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• What the Yankees need is a second base coach.

  Graig Nettles

  Needs, Coaches

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• Some kids dream of joining the circus, others of becoming a major league baseball player. I have been doubly blessed. As a member of the New York Yankees, I have gotten to do both.

  Graig Nettles

  Baseball, Dream, New York

  Graig Nettles, Peter Golenbock (1985). “Balls”, New York : Pocket Books ; Markham, Ont. : Distributed in Canada by PaperJacks

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• I am very happy and excited to re-sign with the Yankees.

  Hiroki Kuroda

  Excited, Very Happy

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• The Yankees' Facebook page was hacked. The hacker was immediately purchased and signed to a 5 year contract with the Yankees.

  Stephen Colbert

  Years, Pages, Hackers

  Twitter post from Aug 03, 2012

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• I was at Yankee Stadium one time at 5 a.m., but that was to buy angel dust

  Artie Lange

  Angel, Dust, Yankee Stadium

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

  Yogi Berra

  Color, Navy, Brown

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• I wake up every morning and thank God I live in a country where all of this is possible. Where you have the Yankee ingenuity to roll up your sleeves, get a band of people who believe in something and go for it and make it happen. It doesn't happen anywhere else.

  Brian Binnie

  Country, Morning, Believe

  "Spaceshipone Wins The X Prize". www.wired.com. October 4, 2014.

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• The stadium is a part of the Yankees and the Yankees are a part of the stadium. That will never change.

  Chuck Knoblauch

  Never Change, Stadiums

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• I was always the shame of the family - the one Yankee who was actually born in the North.

  Randy Harrison

  Shame, Born

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• I think the good Lord is a Yankee.

  Mariano Rivera

  Thinking, Lord

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• Hey, White, you know where your loyalties are? Right here. The old pinstripes. No! You never wore them... So you have a right to sing the blues.

  Phil Rizzuto

  Loyalty, White, Hey

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• There's no way I can go play for the Yankees, but I know they're going to come after me hard. It's definitely not the most important thing to go out there for the top dollar, which the Yankees are going to offer me. It's not what I need.

  Johnny Damon

  Play, Important, Dollars

  "BASEBALL; Yankees Add Their Centerpiece" by Tyler Kepner, www.nytimes.com. December 21, 2005.

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

  Joe Garagiola

  Running, Blow, Wind

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• The Yankees have better starting pitchers than Arizona. Arizona just has two... the Yanks have four.

  Keith Hernandez

  Two, Four, Arizona

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• Derek Jeter has been a great representative of what the Yankees have stood for over the years. He has been a team player who has only cared about winning. He has also been a fine example both on and off the field over his long tenure as a Yankee. It has been a real pleasure to manage him and play alongside him.

  Joe Girardi

  Team, Real, Player

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• I always thought the Yankees had something to do with it.

  George Pickett

  War, Army, Thinking

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• Hold on to your own ideal. . . . Above all, never attempt to guide or rule others, or, as the Yankees say, "boss" others. Be the servant of all.

  Swami Vivekananda

  Inspirational, Motivational, Boss

  Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.2034, Manonmani Publishers

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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, Years, Chance

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• Born? Hell, Babe Ruth wasn't born. He fell from a tree.

  Joe Dugan

  Tree, Ruth, Hell

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• I think of the New York City Ballet as the Yankees without George Steinbrenner.

  John Guare

  New York, Thinking, Cities

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• I'm proud to have been a Yankee. But I have found more happiness and contentment since I came back home to San Francisco than any man has a right to deserve. This is the friendliest city in the world.

  Joe DiMaggio

  Home, Men, Cities

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• We all pulled together at the right time, unfortunately, we were down 3-0 to the Yankees when we decided to do it, but we did it. And we shocked the world.

  Johnny Damon

  Together, Racist, World

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