Yankees Quotes - Page 15

• The game was two hours, with the commercials. I wish they did that now.

  Yogi Berra

  Games, Two, Wish

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• I guess heaven needed a shortstop.

  George Steinbrenner

  Heaven, Needed, Shortstops

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• I don't know. How hot is it supposed to be?

  Yogi Berra

  Hot, Know How, Supposed To Be

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• How come it rains every Hall of Fame weekend? They need to move it to a different weekend.

  Yogi Berra

  Rain, Moving, Weekend

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• I hate to see it go, I'll tell you that. I played here all my life. Eighteen years I played here and I'm sorry to see it go.

  Yogi Berra

  Sorry, Hate, Years

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• There was buried in Ruth humanitarianism beyond belief, an intelligence he was never given credit for, a childish desire to be over-virile, living up to credits given his home-run power - and yet a need for intimate affection and respect, and a feverish desire to play baseball, perform, act and live a life he didn't and couldn't take time to understand.

  Waite Hoyt

  Baseball, Running, Home

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• I had been having trouble with my eyes. One day my glasses fogged up while I was pitching, but when I cleaned them and looked at the plate and saw Foxx clearly, it frightened me so much I never wore them again.

  Lefty Gomez

  Eye, Glasses, One Day

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• In that case Mr. Barrow, Mr. Gehrig is a very underpaid ballplayer.

  Joe DiMaggio

  Cases, New York Yankees, Underpaid

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• Well, the fella I got on there is hitting pretty good and I know he can make that throw, and if he don't make it that other fella I got coming has shown me a lot, and if he can't I have my guy and I know what he can do. On the other hand, the guy's not around now. And, well, this guy may be able to do it against left-handers if my guy ain't strong enough. I know one of my guys is gonna do it.

  Casey Stengel

  Strong, Hands, Guy

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• I'm something like the old soak who never knew whether his wife told him to take one drink and come home at 12, or take 12 and come home at one.

  Lefty Gomez

  Home, Wife, Drink

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• Only triple I ever got.

  Lefty Gomez

  New York Yankees

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• I have a lot of regrets about what I've done. If I had to do it over again, I never would have left the Mets. I'm very thankful for all that Mr. (George) Steinbrenner did for me when I was with the Yankees, but I wish I had stayed in New York with the Mets.

  Darryl Strawberry

  New York, Regret, Wish

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• Why shouldn't he break Ruth's record? He's got more power than Stalin.

  Casey Stengel

  Records, Ruth, Break

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• He was a Baptist minister who prayed through his six-shooter which he claimed was the most efficacious form of prayer, especially in dealing with Yankees...he would go into battle singing the songs of David.

  John S. Mosby

  Song, Prayer, War

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• I was trying to land an 18-year-old strapping first baseman from Blanco, Texas, population 200. His name was Willie Upshaw. It turned out there were only three scouts who knew about Willie - Dave Yocum and I working for the Yankees, and Al LaMacchia from the Atlanta Braves.

  Pat Gillick

  Texas, Atlanta, Years

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• My favorite is when you go to Afghanistan and you meet the special forces guys, and they look like these heavily armed surfers. These guys are the best. You see guys dressed as full Afghans, but then wearing a Yankees hat.

  Robin Williams

  Guy, Special, Looks

  Source: www.movieweb.com

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• The history of [Mariano] Rivera is pretty unbelievable. And even if you're not a Yankee or a baseball fan, you have to appreciate the tradition. He gets respect from Boston fans and Phillies fans, and I love tradition.

  Andrea Tantaros

  Baseball, Boston, Appreciate

  Source: www.foxnews.com

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• I know a man who is a diamond cutter. He mows the lawn at Yankee Stadium.

  Henny Youngman

  Funny, Jobs, Humor

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• Yankee Stadium, it's like everything else in this country. In Europe, they save all their old buildings for history. Here, we just tear them all down.

  Bob Feller

  Country, Europe, Old Buildings

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• Irabu is a fat, pus-y toad.

  George Steinbrenner

  Toads, Fats, New York Yankees

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• When I played, Old-Timers Day was my favorite day of the whole season, because I got to share a locker with one of the great Yankees... It was an out-of-body experience.

  Goose Gossage

  Favorite Day, Body, Lockers

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• You're always in the storm's eye, so to speak, when you're with the Yankees.

  Joe Torre

  Eye, Storm, Speak

  "Torre on book: 'It wasn't my intention to shock anybody'". Interview with Larry King, www.cnn.com. February 2, 2009.

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• Even though I was never a Yankee fan until I put on the uniform, when you think about the deep history of this organization, you always knew what the Yankees represented.

  Joe Torre

  Thinking, Organization, Fans

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• Baseball has changed dramatically since I began my tenure with the Yankees.

  Joe Torre

  Baseball, Changed, Tenure

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• After you manage the Yankees for 12 years, it's really tough to envision going somewhere else. But then the Dodgers called.

  Joe Torre

  Years, Somewhere Else, Tough

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