George Steinbrenner Quotes
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Winning was everything. I don’t care what they tell you.
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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.
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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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When you're entrusted with a tradition, you've got to protect it.
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I won't be active in the day-to-day operations of the ball club at all.
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I will never have a heart attack. I give them.
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Winning is the most important thing in my life, after breathing. Breathing first, winning next.
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If you don't have a hernia yet then you're not pulling your own weight!
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Second place is really the first loser.
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Owning the Yankees is like owning the Mona Lisa.
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I don't want to be in the Hall of Fame. I don't think owners should be.
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I was often misquoted. I was supportive of my managers, even though they all may not think so.
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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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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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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.
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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 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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We plan absentee ownership as far as running the Yankees is concerned.
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I hate to lose. Hate, hate, hate to lose.
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I'm really 95 percent Mr. Rogers, and only 5 percent Oscar the Grouch.'
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He says all the right things, like it's Jeter's team. I want to correct him on that - it's my team.
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I am tough. Sometimes I'm unreasonable. I have to catch myself every once in a while.
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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.
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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.
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We are the New York Yankees
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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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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.
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But why shouldn't I speak out? Don't you speak out in this country?
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