George Steinbrenner Quotes
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Winning is the most important thing in my life, after breathing. Breathing first, winning next.
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I guess heaven needed a shortstop.
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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.
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I will never have a heart attack. I give them.
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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'?
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I am dead set against free agency. It can ruin baseball.
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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.
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I'm really 95 percent Mr. Rogers, and only 5 percent Oscar the Grouch.'
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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.
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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.
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I'm not a win at all costs guy. Winning isn't everything. It's second to breathing.
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Let's not talk punishment.
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I'm pretty excited, this is a big, big one.
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I hate to lose. Hate, hate, hate to lose.
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David Cone is in a class by himself with three or four other players.
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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.
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Ruth was probably the greatest athlete to perform in any sport. Never has there been anybody like him.
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Winning was everything. I don’t care what they tell you.
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I haven't always made the right decisions.
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But why shouldn't I speak out? Don't you speak out in this country?
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I'll stick to building ships.
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In the end, I'll put my good acts up against those of anybody in this country. Anybody.
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Breathing first, winning next.
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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.