I talked to the ball a lot of times in my career. I yelled, "Go foul. Go foul." — Lefty Gomez Copy Share Image
I was never nervous when I had the ball, but when I let go I was scared to death. — Lefty Gomez Copy Share Image
The reason I'm a Yankee is that George Steinbrenner out hustled everybody else. — Reggie Jackson Copy Share Image
Those huckleberries in the National League don't want to do anything that the American League wants to do. — Phil Rizzuto Copy Share Image
I think you learn. You learn from your mistakes. You learn from things you do and try to stay away from the… — Jorge Posada Copy Share Image
Hating the Yankees is as American as pizza pie, unwed mothers, and cheating on your income tax. — Mike Royko Copy Share Image
He says all the right things, like it's Jeter's team. I want to correct him on that - it's my team. — George Steinbrenner Copy Share Image
I'll never be considered one of the all-time greats; maybe not even one of the all-time goods. But I'm one of the… — Jim Kaat Copy Share Image
Sometimes a week might go by when I don't think about the (perfect) game, but I don't remember when it happened last. — Don Larsen Copy Share Image
We lost 14 straight. Then we had a game rained out and it felt so good we had a victory dinner. — Lefty Gomez Copy Share Image
You can get into the greatest business in the world because you can manufacture money by yourself on the field. — Casey Stengel Copy Share Image
It took him 75 steps to get from third to home. I thought we were going to have to go out there… — Derek Jeter Copy Share Image
In my opinion, I've had the greatest job in the world. I got a chance to be the shortstop for the New… — Derek Jeter Copy Share Image
I was sitting in the back room by myself when someone came in and said, "Mr. Zimmer, I have to take you… — Don Zimmer Copy Share Image
I'm a little too belligerent. I cuss and swear at people. I yell at umpires and maybe I'm a little to tough… — Thurman Munson Copy Share Image
When you go to other parks, they hang banners for the wild-card or Eastern Division or Western Division champions. Around here, they… — Chili Davis Copy Share Image
Don Baylor, New York Yankees DH, on Billy Martin and his predecessor Yogi Berra: Playing for Yogi is like playing for your… — Don Baylor Copy Share Image
Defense usually doesn't make many headlines, but it goes a long way towards winning baseball games. There are a number of ways… — Derek Jeter Copy Share Image
On the day I was signed, Mr. Finley, the owner of the Athletics at that time came up to me and said,… — Catfish Hunter Copy Share Image
If you can remember all the accessories that go with your best outfit, the contents of your purse, the starting lineup of… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
The curve and the fast one are important; the change of pace and the other trick deliveries are great but they're not… — Babe Ruth Copy Share Image
Hitting in a game is no different than hitting in a home run contest. It pisses me off to say Barry Bonds… — Goose Gossage Copy Share Image
The populist zeal to seek revenge on those who make a lot of money is targeted almost exclusively at corporations. I haven't… — Linda Chavez Copy Share Image
There was buried in Ruth humanitarianism beyond belief, an intelligence he was never given credit for, a childish desire to be over-virile,… — Waite Hoyt Copy Share Image
After I won 21 games, I said, "This isn't that hard actually. I can do this every year for maybe 10, 15… — Jim Bouton Copy Share Image
