Winning is the most important thing in my life, after breathing. Breathing first, winning next.
Winning means everything...You show me a good loser and I'll show a loser.
When you're entrusted with a tradition, you've got to protect it.
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.
Second place is really the first loser.
I'm not a win at all costs guy. Winning isn't everything. It's second to breathing.
I haven't always done a good job, and I haven't always been successful - but I know that I have tried.
Owning the Yankees is like owning the Mona Lisa.
I will never have a heart attack. I give them.
Winning was everything. I don’t care what they tell you.
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.
I am tough. Sometimes I'm unreasonable. I have to catch myself every once in a while.
My best and worst boss was the same man - my father. He never - and I mean never - took 'I can't' for an answer. He taught me the value system that, to this day, I have continued to practice.
I hate to lose. Hate, hate, hate to lose.
I'm really 95 percent Mr. Rogers, and only 5 percent Oscar the Grouch.'
From 1973 to 1982 I ate the exact same lunch everyday . Turkey chili in a bowl made out of bread . Bread bowl George. First you eat the chili then you eat the bowl . There's nothing more satisfying than looking down after lunch and seeing nothing but a table.
But why shouldn't I speak out? Don't you speak out in this country?
I guess heaven needed a shortstop.
He's the leader on this team, I know when Baltimore let us have him, they thought they were giving us a problem. I'll take problems like that anytime.
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.
If you don't have a hernia yet then you're not pulling your own weight!
The name Derek Jeter is made for stardom. He's got an infectious smile, and he's so handsome and well-behaved. He's just a fine young man who does everything right. He's like Jack Armstrong and Frank Merriwell, guys I grew up rooting for. Some guys come along who just measure up.
David Cone is in a class by himself with three or four other players.
Breathing first, winning next.
Irabu is a fat, pus-y toad.
