Mariano Rivera Quotes

There will never be another Mariano Rivera. He was a friend and a champion of a teammate. He really cared about the game of baseball, the way it was played, and whatever it took to win that night. ~ Jorge Posada

I like a calm life where nobody bothers me. ~ Mariano Rivera

Because I have a little bit more, that means I'm better than you? No. Unacceptable. ~ Mariano Rivera

I don't feel invincible because I'm human. ~ Mariano Rivera

I'm not used to seeing the ball go wherever she wants. As a pitcher, I like to be - I don't want to say perfect, but I want to know what the ball is going to do. ~ Mariano Rivera

I am not a father who wants to give his kids everything. They have to earn it. ~ Mariano Rivera

I think the good Lord is a Yankee. ~ Mariano Rivera

I am convinced that being fully committed to the moment, without any worries about the past or projections into the future, is the best attribute a closer can have. You wonder why the shelf life of so many short relievers is, well, so short? Why guys can be unhittable for a year or two and then disappear? It's because it takes a ton of concentration, and self-belief, to stay in the moment in this way and not let the highs and lows mess with your psyche. ~ Mariano Rivera

I don't just think regular season. I think playoffs. World Series. That's how I think. ~ Mariano Rivera

I have nothing to ask for, thanks to God. Everything I have, God has given me. ~ Mariano Rivera

I demand my kids be respectful, responsible and grateful. And they have to love the Lord with all their hearts. ~ Mariano Rivera

My father is the man that, he will give you what he doesn't have, still. If he has 10 bucks and you need 10 bucks because you're sick or you don't have nothing to eat, he will give you 10 bucks. He will be at zero, but he will help you. That's the kind of man that my father is. ~ Mariano Rivera

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

Fishing is a hard job. Fishing at night. Rain. Day, night. You have to be wise and smart. And quick. ~ Mariano Rivera

I always take time for somebody who wants to talk to me. ~ Mariano Rivera

My father was strict and always taught me, no matter who it is, everybody is an uncle. To me, everybody was someone I respect like family. I grew up with that. ~ Mariano Rivera

If you don't control your emotions, your emotions will control your acts, and that's not good. ~ Mariano Rivera

I listen to Christian music. ~ Mariano Rivera

That's the game of baseball - amazing things happen. ~ Mariano Rivera

God is good for everybody. The sun shines on good people and bad people, and it rains on both, too. God doesn't choose rain only for bad people. ~ Mariano Rivera

There's a lot of things more than baseball that I want to do. ~ Mariano Rivera

Everything starts with God in my career, and it will finish with God. ~ Mariano Rivera

I don't want to pitch forever. ~ Mariano Rivera

Don't worry about what the people say; be yourself, say what you want to say with respect. ~ Mariano Rivera

You can't second-guess baseball. You can't second-guess yourself. ~ Mariano Rivera

It's not good or bad, but closers have changed things. I don't think you are going to win a World Series without one. Where would the Yankees be without Mariano Rivera? ~ Bruce Sutter

I don't wait for people to give me respect. I always give them respect. ~ Mariano Rivera

If I have to win one game, I'd have a hard time taking anybody over Dustin Pedroia as my second baseman. ~ Mariano Rivera

The year was 1996, Guy Mariano and I had no clothing sponsors, and at that point in our lives we had purchased enough Polo, Hilfiger and Nautica gear to think, hey, maybe we should start a clothing company. ~ Eric Koston

Your performance gets you promoted. It doesn't matter if you're brown, back or white. ~ Geraldo Rivera

Geography and mileage mean nothing. Separate is a single word that covers all distances that aren't together. ~ Rivera Sun

I'm delighted to carry on in the tradition of the great reporters like Edward R. Murrow, Ernie Pyle, and Geraldo Rivera to probe vitally important issues of the day, starting with whether I'm Hispanic or Latino. ~ Al Madrigal

It's communication - that's what theatre is all about. ~ Chita Rivera

That meant Ms. Starkova was his. He'd found her; he'd tailed her; and he'd saved her from Reinhard Klein. By jungle law, even the urban jungle, that made her his. ~ Tara Janzen

Focusing on and sustaining life activities...jobs, budgets housekeeping etc. takes from me. It is an exhausting struggle; a desperate attempt to tread water while drowning.
Life drains my well. Special interests fill it back up. I need that time, I need that filling, that relaxing, that decompressing, in order to accomplish other tasks in my life. ~ Jeannie Davide-Rivera

When I started getting so many haters and closed doors, I decided to prove that it could be done. I was a divorced single mother of three at the time and a size 12 - not your typical model artist that labels feel work for the music industry. ~ Jenni Rivera

Europe must dissipate any doubts over the euro, affirm that the euro is an irreversible project and act in consequence. ~ Mariano Rajoy

Stability is the biggest enemy of passion and, thus, of transcendence ~ AnaMaria Rivera

My ass is big because a lot of people have to kiss it. ~ Jenni Rivera

No one else has ever opened doors for me. I opened them myself. ~ Jenni Rivera

I think that the, Ted Cruz is not even a natural-born citizen, argument will resonate for at least the next few weeks. ~ Geraldo Rivera

It was not the blatant evil that broke the soul. No, in the face of utter darkness, the human spirit often rose to soaring heights. It was the shades of gray, the nuances and subtleties that wore people down. It was dealing with sellouts and side deals, small injustices and petty grievances that turned heroes into stoop-shouldered, weary old men. That was how they crumbled, idealists like this young man. They tripped on the garbage heap of miserly greed and fearful half-measures. ~ Rivera Sun

Children remember who showed them kindness when the world tried to make them cruel. ~ K. Arsenault Rivera

It is up to you. How far you want to go and how far you want to grow. Do not let that your worries, the unanswered questions or the abundant and free offer of distractions draw you away from the One who wants to illuminate your way . . . ~ Yilda B. Rivera

Talking and pledging is very easy but governing is slightly more difficult, the policy reforms that we've implemented have worked, and backtracking would be a blunder. When I see that, with the help of Podemos, the Socialists wants to change everything we've done, I just think it's bad for Spain. ~ Mariano Rajoy

(...)my love for you is deeper than anything that happened between us. My love for you is the sun, the sky, and the moon. It's the air I breathe. It lives in everything I do. It's better than good. It's everlasting. ~ Gabby Rivera

The woman looked out at the madness of the world and dared to hope. Her eyes were burning coals of stars. ~ Rivera Sun

I have to make this love affair believable enough. It's very European. ~ Chita Rivera

With years of experience doing whatever it takes to get to the bottom of each story, I am looking forward to covering the stories in the human dimension and impart the passion and visceral reactions the audience seeks. ~ Geraldo Rivera

Freedom keeps us soaring, but quarreling destroys our ability to fly. ~ Victor Manuel Rivera

And there can be no end to greed because man, by his very exclusive human nature, is pathologically insatiable. ~ Mariano Ngan

Hip-hop has done more damage to black and brown people than racism in the last 10 years, ~ Geraldo Rivera

The significant element that is common to Rivera, Siqueros, Picasso, Pollock, Van Gogh and Frida Kahlo is the expression of pain. ~ Billy Cannon

Dude, you just got fucked up by a girl. ~ Bella Jeanisse

I will admit to hoarding beauty products. I'm a beauty lady. ~ Naya Rivera

You can't be the warrior in someone else's tragedy ~ Michele L. Rivera

I feel like showering more than once a day or every day is such a white people thing. ~ Naya Rivera

Invisible lines, unbreakable rules
Could all bend at the mercy of love ~ Michele L. Rivera

I have been able to travel all over the country and see many places that I probably never would have visited. I have also participated in many charity events for worthy causes. ~ Rob Mariano

I have a blessed life. I really do. I have a great family, a great daughter, I love life, I love living, I love people. I love all the blessings that God's given me. ~ Chita Rivera

Being on 'Glee' was amazing. I remember my first day on set, my first day I arrived to the set I was in my trailer and all of the actors came and banged on my door - Lea Michele, Chris Colfer, Amber Riley, Naya Rivera. They all welcomed me with open arms, so it was a great experience. It felt like family, and I miss them a lot over there. ~ NeNe Leakes

I am a woman like any other and ugly things happen to me like any other women. ~ Jenni Rivera

I'm going to love you without being in love with you. ~ Gabby Rivera

Jackson and I spent the day together, just me and him and his children. Little underlings came and went. The PR person came and went. It was just Michael and me and the kids. And it was very interesting. ~ Geraldo Rivera

I am the same as the public as my fans. ~ Jenni Rivera

When boys talked, it sounded like feral dogs barking. They fiended for attention, were always aggressive, and made me wish I could put them down. ~ Gabby Rivera

I really consider myself very fortunate over the years to have the experiences that I had and to be able to come out on top tonight means the world. It's been a long road and it's a lot of hard. ~ Rob Mariano

In my family they always called me "unbreakable", and I never wanted to shatter this image of myself. On the outside I kept my head up and maintained my tough girl image. However inside I was dying. ~ Jenni Rivera

Things have slowed down considerably since the new series has started airing and I am currently looking for work. It has been a nice year-long vacation nonetheless. ~ Rob Mariano

With or without my man, I was going to make them proud to have me as a mother. And I was going to make my parents proud, once again, to have me as a daughter. ~ Jenni Rivera

I understood 'microaggressions' to mean 'little bullshit acts of racism. ~ Gabby Rivera

Aside from being a Latina, my family immigrated from Puerto Rico and Yugoslavia so I know all about that. I wouldn't be able to do what I do today if they didn't come to America. Everybody has an immigration story. ~ Naya Rivera