Giambi Yankees Quotes

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. ~ Chris Bauer

You take a team with twenty-five assholes and I'll show you a pennant. I'll show you the New York Yankees. ~ Bill Lee

From The Red Sox Reader:
"The Yankees may have always had the better players, but the Red Sox always had the better writers. ~ Dan Riley

Let me tell you something: I love the Yankees. And let me tell you why: because without the Yankees, there is nobody to hate. ~ Denis Leary

I heard doctors revived a man who had been dead for 4-1/2 minutes. When they asked him what it was like being dead, he said it was like listening to Yankees announcer Phil Rizzuto during a rain delay. ~ David Letterman

You know it as soon as you walk in Yankee Stadium. The electricity is there every time, every day. ~ Nomar Garciaparra

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

The best team I ever saw, and I really mean this, was the '61 Yankees. ~ Mickey Mantle

The Yankees would be a much better team if they signed a proven closer instead of Tanaka. ~ Mitch Williams

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

You get to the plate and nothing is going through your mind. You see the ball, you see the seams. ~ Jason Giambi

A Sunday. Only Yankees would think that was an appropriate time to thrust themselves into our lives. Sunday, the Lord's Day. ~ Alessandra Torre

Even today, if the Royals win six games all year, if they're going to go 6-156, I hope they beat the Yankees six times. ~ George Brett

When I get too much rest, I'm usually erotic. ~ Roger Clemens

He was ever conscious of his obligation to play well. Late in his career, when his legs were bothering him and the Yankees had a comfortable lead in a pennant race, a friend of his, columnist Jimmy Cannon, asked him why he played so hard - the games, after all, no longer meant so much. "Because there might be somebody out there who's never seen me play before," he answered. ~ David Halberstam

(Dixie from Slices These Yankees are like hemorrhoids, but at least in Alabama when they come down, they eventually go on back up. ~ D.B. Woodling

A mystique of history and heritage surrounds the New York Yankees. It's like the old days revived. We're loved and hated, but always in larger doses than any other team. We're the only team in any sport whose name and uniform and insignia are synonymous with their entire sport all over the world ... the Yankees mean baseball to more people than all the other teams combined. ~ Paul Blair

I think you learn. You learn from your mistakes. You learn from things you do and try to stay away from the negatives in your life. I think I've grown. ~ Jorge Posada

What the Yankees need is a second base coach. ~ Graig Nettles

Well, that kind of puts a damper on even a Yankee win. ~ Phil Rizzuto

Here's the pitch. Mantle swings. There's a tremendous drive going into deep left field! It's going, going! It's over the bleachers ... over the sign atop the bleachers ... into the yards of houses across the street! It's got to be one of the longest runs I've ever seen! How about that! ~ Mel Allen

As for the Yankees, they had no other ambition than to take possession of this new continent of the sky, and to plant upon the summit of its highest elevation the star- spangled banner of the United States of America. ~ Jules Verne

Why shouldn't he break Ruth's record? He's got more power than Stalin. ~ Casey Stengel

Canzeroni is the only defensive catcher that can't catch. ~ Casey Stengel

Carter wagged the Yankees cap at me. 'Nekhbet wants Percy to be her host. That's one way the Egyptian gods maintain a presence in the mortal world. They can inhabit mortals' bodies.'

My stomach jackknifed. 'You want her –' I pointed at the frazzled old vulture goddess – 'to inhabit me? That sounds …'

I tried to think of a word that would convey my complete disgust without offending the goddess. I failed. ~ Rick Riordan

So the guy who shot Gadhafi was wearing a Yankees cap. Did you see that? If he'd had a Boston Red Sox hat on he probably would have missed. ~ David Letterman

A local phrase book, entitled Speak in Korean, has the following handy expressions. In the section 'On the Way to the Hotel': 'Let's Mutilate US Imperialism!' In the section 'Word Order': 'Yankees are wolves in human shape - Yankees / in human shape / wolves / are.' In the section 'Farewell Talk': 'The US Imperialists are the sworn enemy of the Korean people.' Not that the book is all like this - the section 'At the Hospital' has the term solsaga ('I have loose bowels'), and the section 'Our Foreign Friends Say' contains the Korean for 'President Kim Il Sung is the sun of mankind.'
I wanted a spare copy of this phrase book to give to a friend, but found it was hard to come by. Perhaps this was a sign of a new rapprochement with the United States, or perhaps it was because, on page 46, in the section on the seasons, appear the words: haemada pungnyoni dumnida ('We have a bumper harvest every year'). ~ Christopher Hitchens

Eventually my dad got home from work and set his briefcase down.
'So. How was practice?' he asked
'It was good. Why? Did you hear it wasn't?' I said, trying to keep my cool.
'Son, no offense, but you play Little League. It's not the Yankees. I don't get daily reports about who's hitting the shit out of the ball ~ Justin Halpern

When you think New York, you think Yankees. ~ Jerry Buss

Derek Jeter has been a great representative of what the Yankees have stood for over the years. He has been a team player who has only cared about winning. He has also been a fine example both on and off the field over his long tenure as a Yankee. It has been a real pleasure to manage him and play alongside him. ~ Joe Girardi

It's something inside his heart that's bigger than anything. He's got the heart of a lion about to grab something. ~ Darryl Strawberry

Out of what ... a thousand? ~ Mickey Rivers

The history of [Mariano] Rivera is pretty unbelievable. And even if you're not a Yankee or a baseball fan, you have to appreciate the tradition. He gets respect from Boston fans and Phillies fans, and I love tradition. ~ Andrea Tantaros

I was sitting in the back room by myself when someone came in and said, "Mr. Zimmer, I have to take you down to the make up room." I told them that if anyone can help this face they deserve a bonus. ~ Don Zimmer

I am a Yankees fan. I should say - have been to more Yankees games than Mets games. ~ Harold Ford, Jr.

I am praying for your eternal soul."
"Don't bother."
"Come on, don't you want to go to Heaven?"
"I wouldn't know anyone up there. And don't get too prissy with that religious bullshit, true? I don't want to spend an eternity without you, so you need to come to Dhunhd with me."
"Will they have milk duds there?"
"yes, but they'll all be melted together. And we'll be surrounded by Yankees fans, televangelists, and no booze."
"We'll think of some way to pass the time."
"We always do. ~ J.R. Ward

He's (George Steinbrenner) the one who gave me a chance to get to the World Series. This is where I wanted to be all along. We had a couple of nice offers from other teams, but I tied my agents' hands. I told them I wanted to be a Yankee. ~ Roger Clemens

See, you do care about him! Sarah, what Nolan Walker needs is a good wife to encourage him, to see that he eats properly, make sure he gets his rest." The picture Prissy had painted of Sarah as devoted wife, caring for Nolan, was a very appealing one. But she couldn't dwell on it, because Prissy wasn't done. "When are you going to get off your lofty perch and let yourself love him?" she went on. "That excuse that he's a Yankee's wearing a little thin by now, don't you think?" Sarah stared at her as they had reached their little cottage and went in. She hung up her coat with a sigh, then took Prissy's coat and hung it up, too. "Dr. Walker and I have become friends. But how can he and I be anything more if he's not a believer? The Bible warns about being unequally yoked, you know." Prissy groaned exasperatedly. "Sarah Matthews, if you gave that man the slightest bit of encouragement, he'd be sitting in the front pew every Sunday morning, and you know it. ~ Laurie Kingery

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. ~ Carson Daly

The Yankee: In acuteness and perseverance, he resembles the Scotch. In frugal
neatness, he resembles the Dutch. But in truth, a Yankee is nothing else on earth
but himself. ~ Frances Trollope

I don't know. How hot is it supposed to be? ~ Yogi Berra