George Steinbrenner Yankees Quotations

I am dead set against free agency. It can ruin baseball.

We plan absentee ownership as far as running the Yankees is concerned.

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.

We are the New York Yankees

I'll stick to building ships.

He says all the right things, like it's Jeter's team. I want to correct him on that - it's my team.

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

I'm pretty excited, this is a big, big one.

Irabu is a fat, pus-y toad.

I guess heaven needed a shortstop.

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.

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.

Owning the Yankees is like owning the Mona Lisa.

We're going to honor him and welcome him. We're going to give him a New York Yankees welcome.

I feel very sorry for Dwight. He left the Yankees in April of his own accord.

Jonathan, I couldn't be more proud of you. I agree with you when you said, 'The New York Yankees are important to me, but my school is more important.' You're absolutely right and it takes quite a man to give up his personal dream for a higher purpose.

I am very happy that Brian will continue as general manager. Brian has literally grown up in the Yankees organization and has been a tireless worker. He is very knowledgeable about the game and the business of baseball and is extremely loyal. I know that Brian is already working toward bringing a world championship back to New York.