College Quote by Bo Jackson

I was a last round draft pick. Nobody wanted me. I could count the amount of scouts that told me to go to school,…

— Mike Piazza

I was a professional baseball player from the time I was drafted out of high school in 1981 until the time I retired in 2003.

— David Cone

The draft is a crapshoot, so I've been very fortunate to be drafted by the Yankees, and to have spent my whole career here.

— Derek Jeter

The Marlins were close to signing me, but in the end my wish was to come back to the Yankees.

— Aroldis Chapman

I did make a choice when I got away from baseball to be there to get my kids off to college.

— Cal Ripken, Jr

In high school, baseball was life. My senior year, I had the highest batting average on the team. I was one of the starting…

— Anthony Ramos

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

— Nick Johnson

I knew I'd never make it back to the major leagues as a player. Lee MacPhail came to me and asked if I wanted…

— Bobby Cox

When I first signed with the Yankees, the regulars wouldn't talk to you until you were with the team three or four years. Nowadays…

— Lefty Gomez

I wanted to play for the New York Yankees. That was the bottom line. I wanted to be there and play in that new…

— Andy Pettitte

I was 19 years old, pumping gas and going nowhere. I was kind of a high school dropout at that point because I had…

— Adam Oates

I remember when I got a call and was told I was traded [to the Yankees in 1974], I actually cried because I liked…

— Lou Piniella