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> [The Yankees won the pennant, we went on to the World Series, 41 years after that in the city of Toronto. The great city of Toronto, and all the provinces in Canada, everybody reached out and they were excited because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dave-winfield/the-yankees-won-the-pennant-we-went-on-to-the-world-series-41-years/)

[Dave Winfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dave-winfield/)

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## More by Dave Winfield

> [Everyone has a breaking point, turning point, stress point, the game is permeated with it. The fans don't see it because we make it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dave-winfield/everyone-has-a-breaking-point-turning-point-stress-point-the-game-is/)

[Dave Winfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dave-winfield/)

> [Everybody faces obstacles. And I looked to people who had been through many to succeed in life. Abraham Lincoln, born to a poor family,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dave-winfield/everybody-faces-obstacles-and-i-looked-to-people-who-had-been-through/)

[Dave Winfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dave-winfield/)

> [People I look to: again, Hank Aaron, man you challenged the status quo and the records of the game. Monumental feats in an era…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dave-winfield/people-i-look-to-again-hank-aaron-man-you-challenged-the-status-quo/)

[Dave Winfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dave-winfield/)

> [All though I didn't meet him. His legend and his saga and his story is just that. Jackie Robinson, we all have to tip…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dave-winfield/all-though-i-didn-t-meet-him-his-legend-and-his-saga-and-his-story-is/)

[Dave Winfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dave-winfield/)

> [But I'll tell you this, it started with my mother. I have to give her. God bless her and rest her soul. I had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dave-winfield/but-i-ll-tell-you-this-it-started-with-my-mother-i-have-to-give-her/)

[Dave Winfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dave-winfield/)

> [I went to jail. I looked like one of those savings-and-loan guys leaving the jail house.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dave-winfield/i-went-to-jail-i-looked-like-one-of-those-savings-and-loan-guys/)

[Dave Winfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dave-winfield/)

> [You know, many of you kids can't relate to what it takes to get to the top rung, the top of the heap, to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dave-winfield/you-know-many-of-you-kids-can-t-relate-to-what-it-takes-to-get-to-the/)

[Dave Winfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dave-winfield/)

> [I chose baseball because to me baseball is the best game of all.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dave-winfield/i-chose-baseball-because-to-me-baseball-is-the-best-game-of-all/)

[Dave Winfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dave-winfield/)

> [I never had to cheat, I get them with what I got.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dave-winfield/i-never-had-to-cheat-i-get-them-with-what-i-got/)

[Dave Winfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dave-winfield/)

> [You know, heroes are ordinary people that have achieved extraordinary things in life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dave-winfield/you-know-heroes-are-ordinary-people-that-have-achieved-extraordinary/)

[Dave Winfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dave-winfield/)

> [Good hitters don't just go up and swing. They always have a plan. Call it an educated deduction. You visualize. You're like a good…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dave-winfield/good-hitters-don-t-just-go-up-and-swing-they-always-have-a-plan-call/)

[Dave Winfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dave-winfield/)

> [I'm just glad to get off three-hundred ninety-nine (career home runs). It sounds like something you'd purchase at a discount store.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dave-winfield/i-m-just-glad-to-get-off-three-hundred-ninety-nine-career-home-runs/)

[Dave Winfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dave-winfield/)

> [To give you an idea what it feels like to be going in with some of the best baseball players of all-time, I mean…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dave-winfield/to-give-you-an-idea-what-it-feels-like-to-be-going-in-with-some-of/)

[Dave Winfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dave-winfield/)

> [I guess I'm the only guy old enough to figure him (Nolan Ryan, 1-Hitter Game in 1991) out.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dave-winfield/i-guess-i-m-the-only-guy-old-enough-to-figure-him-nolan-ryan-1-hitter/)

[Dave Winfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dave-winfield/)

> [You have to be like a clock spring, wound but not loose at the same time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dave-winfield/you-have-to-be-like-a-clock-spring-wound-but-not-loose-at-the-same/)

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