Yankees Quotes - page 3

Sympathy is something that shouldn't be bestowed on the Yankees. Apparently it angers them. (Bob Feller)
I've been a Yankees fan since I was six. View quote
Bob Kerrey
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 to manage the Yankees' Fort Lauderdale club. I thought about it for a day or two and decided to take the job. That was the turning point. I knew it was what I wanted to do. View quote
Bobby Cox
I loved the opportunity to play for the Yankees, too. View quote
Bert Campaneris
Yankee Stadium, and the Yankees are so famous for Mickey Mantle, Joe DiMaggio, Lou Gehrig, all of those guys. View quote
Bert Campaneris
Growing up in Rhode Island, my friends would have strung me up if I had been a Yankees fan. View quote
Charlie Day
I would have to say that because I've lived in so many cities, by no means do I feel it's fair to call myself a 'fan' of any particular teams. I've lived in New York for a long time, and I did this movie about the Yankees called '*61.' I found out a lot about the Yankees during that time, so I love the Yankees, I've watched the Yankees. View quote
Chris Bauer
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 and catch Yankees games. His side of the family are big Yankees fans. But, the real connection came in '97 when I moved to New York and became friends with the team. View quote
Carson Daly
All ballplayers want to wind up their careers with the Cubs, Giants or Yankees. They just can't help it. View quote
Dizzy Dean
I am a Yankees fan. I should say - have been to more Yankees games than Mets games. View quote
Harold Ford, Jr.
True Yankees fans know an up-and-coming player when they see one. (J. B. Smoove)
True Yankees are born, not made. View quote
Jay Mohr
When I became the manager of the New York Yankees, it was an opportunity to realize my lifelong dream of winning the World Series. We were fortunate enough to succeed in our first season in 1996, and in the years that followed, we wrote some great new chapters in Yankee history. View quote
Joe Torre
Baseball has changed dramatically since I began my tenure with the Yankees. View quote
Joe Torre
I hated the Yankees and Dodgers and wound up managing both. View quote
Joe Torre
Even though I was never a Yankee fan until I put on the uniform, when you think about the deep history of this organization, you always knew what the Yankees represented. View quote
Joe Torre
After you manage the Yankees for 12 years, it's really tough to envision going somewhere else. But then the Dodgers called. View quote
Joe Torre
As a player, to me the Dodgers were the Yankees of the National League because... you either loved them or you hated them. View quote
Joe Torre
You're always in the storm's eye, so to speak, when you're with the Yankees. View quote
Joe Torre
I think of the New York City Ballet as the Yankees without George Steinbrenner. View quote
John Guare
The Yankees have better starting pitchers than Arizona. Arizona just has two... the Yanks have four. (Keith Hernandez)
I have sensitive skin, so I don't use regular razors. The Yankees make us stay cleanly shaven! View quote
Mark Teixeira
The home run took a while to sink in because all I could think of was, 'We beat the Yankees! We beat the Yankees.' View quote
Bill Mazeroski
I grew up an Indians fan my entire life. I was never really 'against' the Yankees, but I knew what they were capable of. View quote
Bill Mazeroski
For Mantle, the Yankees' locker room was a sanctuary, a safe haven where he was understood, accepted and, when necessary, exonerated. View quote
Jane Leavy