New york yankees Quotes · Page 3

What did I do to deserve this?

— Don Mattingly

What a house - nothin' but rooms!

— Yogi Berra

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

— Joe Dugan

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

— Babe Ruth

Read about your case of amnesia. Must be a new brand.

— Babe Ruth

If I played in New York, they'd name a candy bar after me.

— Reggie Jackson

The older they get, the better they were when they were younger.

— Jim Bouton

They don't know who I was or that I played baseball.

— Catfish Hunter

It only took me 21 runs and five years to get a win here.

— Andy Pettitte

When he took BP everybody would kind of stop what they were doing and watch.

— Jim Kaat

I think you learn. You learn from your mistakes. You learn from things you do and try to stay away from the…

— Jorge Posada

If you ran a delicatessen store, you would want to be the best delicatessen store, wouldn't you? Well, that's how I feel…

— Casey Stengel

I want players to look neat and responsible. Maybe it's old school, but it's kind of neat when people are always clean.

— Joe Girardi

This new baseball is like a golf ball. I think there are going to be a lot more dents put in the…

— Don Zimmer

I feel emptiness, and he probably won't be able to close his eyes for two or three days.

— Joe Torre

I try to sign for as many kids as possible. Kids come first, and I'll always sign for a kid before an…

— Derek Jeter

Pardon me, Mr. Craig, but how are we going to defense Mr. McCovey... in the upper deck or the lower deck?

— Casey Stengel

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

— Joe Rudi

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…

— Mel Allen

'This is America,' my father used to say to me, 'and in this country, a smart young fellow like you can grow…

— Joe Lieberman

Winning is a lot of fun. I remember having a meeting a couple years ago and telling the guys: 'You're not enjoying…

— Joe Torre

Now this is over thirty years later and the guy said he was that cab driver. He apologized and he was serious.…

— Joe DiMaggio

“World Series MVP is a unique individual honor because with one exception—Bobby Richardson won 1960 World Series MVP honors for the Yankees,…

— Tucker Elliot

The first year was weird. I knew I was just there to talk to pitchers and not step on any toes. I…

— Goose Gossage

Some kids dream of joining the circus, others of becoming a major league baseball player. I have been doubly blessed. As a…

— Graig Nettles

Wall Street bankers supposedly back the Yankees; Smith College girls approve of them. God, Brooks Brothers, and United States Steel are believed…

— Gay Talese

I wish I could paint that picture. As a 20-year-old kid, that was a big thrill.

— Joe Torre

I'm pretty excited, this is a big, big one.

— George Steinbrenner

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

— Joe DiMaggio

If anybody needs me, I'm in my room being embalmed.

— Casey Stengel

When you're losing, you see what your team is made of.

— Curtis Granderson

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

— Yogi Berra

We were mighty short of infielders in those days

— Lou Gehrig

To get a better piece of chicken, you'd have to be a rooster.

— Mickey Mantle

I hit an inside-the-park home run! I beat it out! Can you believe that?

— Babe Ruth

It's hard to get lost if you don't know where you're going.

— Jim Jarmusch

I would rather beat the Yankees regularly than pitch a no hit game.

— Bob Feller

Canzeroni is the only defensive catcher that can't catch.

— Casey Stengel

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

— Jorge Posada

I don't know. I've never been on second before.

— Lefty Gomez