Yankees Quotes - Page 12

• When I look in the mirror, I look at the enemy. There is no one to blame for this but myself. I should have bought myself a mirror a long time ago.

  Darryl Strawberry

  Mirrors, Should Have, Long

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• One hundred ten thousand ears in this ballpark, and he's got to hit my ear.

  Don Zimmer

  Ears, Hundred, Thousand

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• He pitches better when he's mad, so I try to make him that way.

  Jorge Posada

  Mad, Trying, Way

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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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• I was never nervous when I had the ball, but when I let go I was scared to death.

  Lefty Gomez

  Letting Go, Balls, Scared

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• I don't care what the situation was, how high the stakes were - the bases could be loaded and the pennant riding on every pitch, it never bothered Whitey. He pitched his game. Cool. Craft. Nerves of steel.

  Mickey Mantle

  Games, Riding, Steel

  Mickey Mantle (1986). “The Mick”, Jove Publications

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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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• You just can't imagine the kind of guy he was without seeing him play. He was a circus, a play, a movie, all rolled into one.

  Lefty Gomez

  Play, Guy, Circus

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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, Swings, House

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• They started something here, and the kids are keeping the ball rolling.

  Babe Ruth

  Kids, Rolling, Balls

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• He's a smart-assed kid who's always sassin' people and gettin' away with it.

  Casey Stengel

  Smart, Kids, People

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• It's got to be better than rooming with Joe Page.

  Joe DiMaggio

  Pages, New York Yankees

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

  Joe DiMaggio

  New York Yankees, Youngsters

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• Well, that kind of puts a damper on even a Yankee win.

  Phil Rizzuto

  Winning, Kind, Wells

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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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• Everyone keeps me telling me how great a knee replacement is. Whitey Ford said it was great and so did Ralph Branca. If I had one of those, I don't know that I would retire. But if I left for a month or more, who's going to want me back?

  Don Zimmer

  Want, Knees, Months

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