New york yankees Quotes · Page 5

The guy stroked his goatee. "What do you call twenty guys watching the world series?" "The New York Yankees," Butch replied.

— J.R. Ward

I don't think I've ever seen anybody with quicker hands than Soriano.

— Sandy Koufax

Every day that goes by and we don't win a ballgame, that's a missed opportunity for us to battle back.

— Brett Gardner

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

— Yogi Berra

We've got to learn how to stay out of triple plays.

— Casey Stengel

Don Baylor, New York Yankees DH, on Billy Martin and his predecessor Yogi Berra: Playing for Yogi is like playing for your…

— Don Baylor

I don't ask for much. I don't ask to be rich, and I don't ask to be famous, and I don't ask…

— Tom Hanks

Derek (Jeter) told me the ghosts would show up eventually!

— Aaron Boone

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

— Joe Torre

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

— Casey Stengel

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

— Casey Stengel

Every now and then they threw one where I was swinging.

— Jim Kaat

So many ideas come to you and you want to try them all, but you can't. You're like a mosquito in a…

— Reggie Jackson

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

— Lefty Gomez

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

— Joe Lieberman

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

Nobody knows this, but one of us has just been traded to Kansas City.

— Casey Stengel

I know what kind of pitcher Whitey was, and I know what kind of person Whitey is. It makes me feel proud…

— Mariano Rivera

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

— Yogi Berra

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

— Phil Rizzuto

What the hell is wrong with him now?

— Yogi Berra

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

— Casey Stengel

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

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

— Lefty Gomez

I couldn't speak enough Spanish. I couldn't make myself understood on that club.

— Lefty Gomez