Yankees Quotes

191 Yankees quotes by 138 unique authors

During the 1920s New York Yankee owner Jacob Ruppert once described his perfect afternoon at Yankee Stadium. 'It's when the Yankees score eight runs in… — Peter Golenbock
Hating the Yankees isn't part of my act. It is one of those exquisite times when life and art are in perfect conjunction. — Bill Veeck
Here at NBC there is just one more reason to hate the Yankees. — Chet Huntley
To be manager of the Yankees under the malevolent dictatorship of George Steinbrenner is like being married to Zsa Zsa Gabor - the union is… — Robert Rubin
Wall Street bankers supposedly back the Yankees; Smith College girls approve of them. God, Brooks Brothers, and United States Steel are believed to be solidly… — Gay Talese
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 the… — Lefty Gomez
You see, the Mets are losers, just like nearly everybody else in life. This is the team for the cab driver who gets held up… — Jimmy Breslin
Once when the Yankee's Lou Pinella was batting he questioned a Palermo strike call. Pinella demanded, "Where was that pitch at?" Palermo told him that… — George Will
Asking me what I think of Oscar (Hammerstein) is like asking me what I think of the Yankees, Man o' War and Strawberry Sundaes. — Billy Rose
When I was 15 years old, I used to actually dream I was pitching in Yankee Stadium. Bill Dickey was my catcher. — Tommy Lasorda
When my Yankee career is over I'll play anywhere, but I'm positive that I'll never find a team quite like the Yankees. — Bernie Williams
I am the living death, a Memorial Day on wheels. I am your Yankee Doodle Dandy, your John Wayne come home, your Fourth of July… — Ron Kovic
If there ever was in the history of humanity an enemy who was truly universal, an enemy whose acts and moves trouble the entire world,… — Fidel Castro
When I was a teenager and my brother Frank was in the World Series in '57 and '58 against the Yankees, Braves winning in '57… — Joe Torre
The Yankee is one who, if he once gets his teeth set on a thing, all creation can't make him let go. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Maybe we've been brainwashed by 130 years of Yankee history, but Southern identity now has more to do with food, accents, manners, music than the… — John Shelton Reed
So to get to play for the Yankees was really exciting. Really exciting. — Bert Campaneris
Growing up in Rhode Island, my friends would have strung me up if I had been a Yankees fan. — Charlie Day
I'm from California, but my father, who passed away when I was young, was from Newark. When I was kid, we would go back east… — Carson Daly
I feel like I've been a Yankee my whole life. — Johnny Damon
When you think New York, you think Yankees. — Jerry Buss
Coonskin caps, Yankee bats, the Hound Dog man's big start. The A-bomb fears, Annette had ears, I lusted in my heart. — John Fogerty
Before seeing 'The Pride of the Yankees,' you may or may not know that the Yankees referred to are the ones who win the World… — Manny Farber
I just wanted to go play in the big leagues. But possibly playing for the Yankees is very special. — Nick Johnson
I was happy that I was drafted, and then it was the Yankees and that just made it even better. — Nick Johnson

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