George Steinbrenner Quotes

Surround yourself with amazingly intelligent men and women. The people I work with not only are smarter than I am, possessing both intellectual and emotional intelligence, but also share my determination to succeed. I will not make an important decision without them.

Once in a while, I played second base; once in a while, outfield. But those were just pickup games and softball leagues. So when I bought the Yankees, I tried to stay one pace ahead of the players.

I haven't always done a good job, and I haven't always been successful - but I know that I have tried.

I don't want to be in the Hall of Fame. I don't think owners should be.

If you don't have a hernia yet then you're not pulling your own weight!

I am dead set against free agency. It can ruin baseball.

As I have said many times - my father was a great fan of Bill Dickey's and he certainly loved the Yankees. I hope that he would be pleased.

I used to be very hands-on, but lately I've been more hands-off and I plan to become more hands-on and less hands-off and hope that hands-on will become better than hands-off, the way hands-on used to be.

Irabu is a fat, pus-y toad.

Ruth was probably the greatest athlete to perform in any sport. Never has there been anybody like him.

I will never have a heart attack. I give them.

I was often misquoted. I was supportive of my managers, even though they all may not think so.

Let's not talk punishment.

I won't be active in the day-to-day operations of the ball club at all.

Is it in the best interest of baseball to sell beer in the ninth inning? Probably not. The rule has got to be more clearly defined. And then some process should be set up where the judge is not also the appeals judge.

I'm pretty excited, this is a big, big one.

Second place is really the first loser.

People keep coming up to me and asking, 'How does it feel to be banned for life?' Banned for life. I wasn't banned for life. There was never a word of suspension, probation or ban in that agreement. It was never meant to be part of it.

Winning is the most important thing in my life, after breathing. Breathing first, winning next.

I don't think that anybody should be suspended for life for anything, other than murder. How is it helping someone to say, 'You're done forever, your life's over'?

It was the class and dignity which he led his life that made him part of all of us. I will forever treasure the close friendship we shared over the years.

I'm really 95 percent Mr. Rogers, and only 5 percent Oscar the Grouch.'

I'll stick to building ships.

Don't talk to me about aesthetics or tradition. Talk to me about what sells and what's good right now. And what the American people like is to think the underdog still has a chance.

I'm not a win at all costs guy. Winning isn't everything. It's second to breathing

I haven't always made the right decisions.

Owning the Yankees is like owning the Mona Lisa.

What happens is that all your life you operated businesses in such a way that you could one day afford to buy a baseball team. And then you buy the team and forget all the business practices that enabled you to buy it.

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

David Cone is in a class by himself with three or four other players