Yankees Quotes · Page 5

I hated the Yankees and Dodgers and wound up managing both.

— Joe Torre

He's a smart-assed kid who's always sassin' people and gettin' away with it.

— Casey Stengel

There's no comparison to me. There's nothing like Yankees- Red Sox to me.

— Willie Randolph

I've waited a long time to be part of a franchise like this [the Yankees].

— Mark Teixeira

I don't see how he lost five games during the season.

— Yogi Berra

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

— Lefty Gomez

I could never wear another uniform. I will forever be a Yankee.

— Jorge Posada

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

— Jim Kaat

I am a real New Yorker... I didn't go to Harvard, I didn't go to Yale... I rooted for the Yankees; I…

— John Catsimatidis

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

— Joe Rudi

I have sensitive skin, so I don't use regular razors. The Yankees make us stay cleanly shaven!

— Mark Teixeira

I can't be the Mayor of L.A. I hate the Dodgers. I'm a Yankee fan. Yankee fans can't ever root for the…

— Rudy Giuliani

I've been amazed at how many people love the Red Sox or the Yankees - or hate them - there's not much…

— Aaron Boone

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

— Casey Stengel

How come it rains every Hall of Fame weekend? They need to move it to a different weekend.

— Yogi Berra

I was happy that I was drafted, and then it was the Yankees and that just made it even better.

— Nick Johnson

“The guy stroked his goatee. “What do you call twenty guys watching the World Series?” “The New York Yankees,” Butch replied. The…

— J.R. Ward

I love Jane [Krakowski]. Jane's been a dear friend for maybe a dozen years. We've worked together on many shows and concerts…

— Cheyenne Jackson

A lot of pitchers today are afraid of the ball. Warren Spahn pinch-hit for me when I was a rookie. He hit…

— Joe Torre

Derek Jeter has been a great representative of what the Yankees have stood for over the years. He has been a team…

— Joe Girardi

One of the best things about being a Yankee is that you have guys like Whitey Ford, Phil Rizzuto, Ron Guidry and…

— Derek Jeter

Hopkins is talking about fighting at Yankee Stadium but that's rubbish. If he fought at Yankee Stadium, even the ushers wouldn't want…

— Bob Arum

Joe Dugan, who was my roommate on the Yankees, was an honorary pallbearer, too. He was standing next to me as they…

— Waite Hoyt

Every single year the Yankees come to Spring Training, the number one goal is to win a World Series, to get to…

— Max Fried

Porter Rockwell was that most terrible instrument that can be handled by fanaticism; a powerful physical nature welded to a mind of…

— Fitz Hugh Ludlow

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

“Sure, there is an undeniable pleasure in rooting for a winning team and in being able to look down on opposing fans…

— Jim Caple (The Devil Wears Pinstripes

Seriously, our nation is never going to be on the same page on issues like gun control, welfare, the economy, the environment,…

— Jen Lancaster

It is true, these Roman Catholics, priests and all, impress me as a people who have fallen far behind the significance of…

— Henry David Thoreau

Hitting in a game is no different than hitting in a home run contest. It pisses me off to say Barry Bonds…

— Goose Gossage

Know what the difference between hitting .250 and .300 is? It's 25 hits - 25 hits in 500 at-bats is 50 points.…

— Crash Davis

Call listened with amusement--not that the incident hadn't been terrible. Being decapitated was a grisly fate, whether you were a Yankee or…

— Larry McMurtry

I will never brag about myself, but my family, I can go on forever.

— Derek Jeter

We plan absentee ownership as far as running the Yankees is concerned.

— George Steinbrenner

Bill Dickey is learning me his experience.

— Yogi Berra

The Yankees have strict rules. You can have a mustache but no other facial hair.

— Derek Jeter

What do they call that hat Jewish guys always wear? A Yankees cap.

— Anthony Jeselnik

I'm so excited about the new [Yankee] stadium!

— Mark Teixeira

The reason I'm a Yankee is that George Steinbrenner out hustled everybody else.

— Reggie Jackson

Most guys who don't like me are either Democrats or Yankee fans.

— Curt Schilling