New york yankees Quotes · Page 4

Hitters get paid a lot of money to hit. Let's face it, man, sometimes they just do.

— Andy Pettitte

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

— Aaron Boone

If you don't know where you're going any road will do

— Lewis Carroll

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

— Casey Stengel

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

— Sandy Koufax

The secret of success in pitching lies in getting a job with the Yankees.

— Waite Hoyt

I don't want to change. I haven't done it before, I won't do it now.

— Alfonso Soriano

What's the use of askin' a man to execute if he can't execute?

— Casey Stengel

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

— Jorge Posada

Those huckleberries in the National League don't want to do anything that the American League wants to do.

— Phil Rizzuto

To be manager of the Yankees under the malevolent dictatorship of George Steinbrenner is like being married to Zsa Zsa Gabor -…

— Robert Rubin

You can get into the greatest business in the world because you can manufacture money by yourself on the field.

— Casey Stengel

We lost 14 straight. Then we had a game rained out and it felt so good we had a victory dinner.

— Lefty Gomez

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

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 Babe is one fellow, and I'm another and I could never be exactly like him. I don't try, I just go…

— Lou Gehrig

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

When I get too much rest, I'm usually erotic.

— Roger Clemens

Sparky Lyle went from Cy Young to Sayonara.

— Graig Nettles

Boomer is ... Boomer. That pretty much tells you all you need to know

— Joe Torre

At nighttime, you just try to keep him out of jail.

— David Cone

“I'll never make the mistake of being 70 again.”

— Casey Stengel

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

— Jorge Posada

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

— Casey Stengel

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

— Bob Feller

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

— Jim Jarmusch

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

— Casey Stengel

His reputation preceded him before he got here.

— Don Mattingly

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

— Lefty Gomez

Never is a concept the Yankees won't ever come across.

— Andy Pettitte

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

— Casey Stengel

They should have come out of the dugout on tippy-toes, holding hands and singing.

— Mickey Mantle

Here at NBC there is just one more reason to hate the Yankees.

— Chet Huntley

One hundred ten thousand ears in this ballpark, and he's got to hit my ear.

— Don Zimmer

Why buy good luggage? You only use it when you travel.

— Yogi Berra

Because there'd be two languages I couldn't speak, French and English.

— Casey Stengel

It's a pretty big shadow. It gives me lots of room to spread myself.

— Lou Gehrig

I don't want to throw him nothing. Maybe he'll just get tired of waiting and leave.

— Lefty Gomez

The only color I don't have is navy brown.

— Yogi Berra