Yankees Quotes - Page 16

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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I went to the doctor, and they found something in my bladder. And whenever they find something, it's never anything good like, "We found something in your bladder AND IT'S SEASON TICKETS TO THE YANKEES!!"

Mike Birbiglia

Funny, Humor, Doctors

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I never got to see the '27 Yankees. Everyone says that was the greatest team ever. But I think it would've been a great series if we'd have had the chance to play them.

Mickey Mantle

Baseball, Team, Thinking

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I've been able to do a lot of things in the movies. I've been able to run with the buffalo, you know. I've been able to pitch a perfect game in Yankee Stadium. I've been in the bathtub with Susan Sarandon. I've had a lot of chances to do a lot of things. I enjoy sports, but I enjoy sports so much to the point that I wouldn't do the movie unless I thought it had a chance to be good.

Kevin Costner

Sports, Running, Games

"Kevin Costner Talks MCFARLAND, USA, What Makes a Memorable Sports Movie, and More". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. February 18, 2015.

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I'm the straw that stirs the drink.

Reggie Jackson

Drink, New York Yankees, Straws

Reggie Jackson, Kevin Baker (2013). “Becoming Mr. October”, p.97, Anchor

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After they remodeled Yankee Stadium I didn't feel that the ghosts were there anymore. It just wasn't the same.

Mickey Mantle

Baseball, Yankee Stadium, Ghost

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So the guy who shot Gadhafi was wearing a Yankees cap. Did you see that? If he'd had a Boston Red Sox hat on he probably would have missed.

David Letterman

Boston, Guy, Red

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The Yankees, you see, they're a money team, they're the class of baseball. You don't ever bet against that.

Jim Thorpe

Baseball, Team, Class

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Hawthorne has given us a tradition that some people refer to as Yankee Magic Realism, and I do think there is a certain quality to the landscape that definitely leads into the dark woods.

Alice Hoffman

Dark, Thinking, Magic Realism

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I heard doctors revived a man who had been dead for 4-1/2 minutes. When they asked him what it was like being dead, he said it was like listening to Yankees announcer Phil Rizzuto during a rain delay.

David Letterman

Rain, Men, Doctors

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You're never going to be a Yankee for a day, or you're never going to be a Laker, but with Pro-Ams, they allow you to feel like you're a professional golfer and play under their conditions.

George Lopez

Play, Lakers, Like You

"Seriously Funny". Interview with Brett Wilbur, www.carmelmagazine.com. February 1, 2007.

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As much as we disliked the Yankees, fans and players alike, they were good for baseball. They consistently unsuccessful teams like the Browns, Senators, and A's paid a lot of their bills with those big crowds that poured through the gates when the Yankees came to town.

Bob Feller

Baseball, Team, Player

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What do they call that hat Jewish guys always wear? A Yankees cap.

Anthony Jeselnik

Guy, Hats, Caps

Twitter post from Aug 11, 2010

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I would say I was jock. I went to Sierra College. I was a big baseball player. Getting into the MLB was my dream - to become a left-handed pitcher for the Yankees. That's what I was hoping, but life kind of went the other way.

Ryan Guzman

Baseball, Dream, College

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

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I can't be the Mayor of L.A. I hate the Dodgers. I'm a Yankee fan. Yankee fans can't ever root for the Dodgers.

Rudy Giuliani

Hate, Roots, Fans

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I was Mayor of New York during a great Yankees dynasty. I got to preside over the city during four Yankees championships.

Rudy Giuliani

New York, Cities, Dynasty

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I was a Yankee fan in Brooklyn because my father was a Yankee fan. And my father was required to live in Brooklyn with my mothers family, who were all Dodger fans. So he was surrounded by Dodger fans. He was a Yankee fan. So his revenge was to make me a Yankee fan.

Rudy Giuliani

Mother, Revenge, Father

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I have sensitive skin, so I don't use regular razors. The Yankees make us stay cleanly shaven!

Mark Teixeira

Skins, Use, Razors

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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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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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As a player, to me the Dodgers were the Yankees of the National League because you either loved them or you hated them.

Joe Torre

Player, League, Hated

"Joe Torre Hired to Take Over Los Angeles Dodgers". Associated Press, www.foxnews.com. November 01, 2007.

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