George Steinbrenner Quotes and Sayings - Page 1

“Winning is the most important thing in my life, after breathing. Breathing first, winning next.”
-- George Steinbrenner

#Winning #Breathing #Important

“I haven't always done a good job, and I haven't always been successful - but I know that I have tried.”
-- George Steinbrenner

#Jobs #Successful #Done

“Owning the Yankees is like owning the Mona Lisa.”
-- George Steinbrenner

#Yankees #Economy #Mona Lisa

“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.”
-- George Steinbrenner

#Thinking #People #Underdog

“If you haven't got a hernia yet, you ain't pulling your share.”
-- George Steinbrenner

#Share #Hernias

“I haven't always made the right decisions.”
-- George Steinbrenner

#Decision #Made #Right Decision

“I'm pretty excited, this is a big, big one.”
-- George Steinbrenner

#Yankees #Excited #Bigs

“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.”
-- George Steinbrenner

#Determination #Intelligent #Men

“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'?”
-- George Steinbrenner

#Thinking #Forever #Done

“Let's not talk punishment.”
-- George Steinbrenner

#Punishment

“You shouldn't have any betting in the locker room at all, whether it's baseball or it's horses. You can't beat the horses. You can't beat any kind of gambling because they have the odds.”
-- George Steinbrenner

#Baseball #Horse #Gambling

“We are the New York Yankees”
-- George Steinbrenner

#New York #Yankees #New York Yankees

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

#Yankees #Balls #Clubs

“I'm really 95 percent Mr. Rogers, and only 5 percent Oscar the Grouch.'”
-- George Steinbrenner

#Oscars #Roger #Economy

“When you're entrusted with a tradition, you've got to protect it.”
-- George Steinbrenner

#Tradition #Protect

“People keep coming up to me and asking, 'How does it feel to be banned for life?' Banned for life. I wasn't banned for life. There was never a word of suspension, probation or ban in that agreement. It was never meant to be part of it.”
-- George Steinbrenner

#Agreement #People #Doe

“Is it in the best interest of baseball to sell beer in the ninth inning? Probably not. The rule has got to be more clearly defined. And then some process should be set up where the judge is not also the appeals judge.”
-- George Steinbrenner

#Baseball #Beer #Judging

“I am dead set against free agency. It can ruin baseball.”
-- George Steinbrenner

#Baseball #Yankees #Agency

“Winning was everything. I don’t care what they tell you.”
-- George Steinbrenner

#Winning #Care

“I don't want to be in the Hall of Fame. I don't think owners should be.”
-- George Steinbrenner

#Thinking #Want #Fame

“We plan absentee ownership as far as running the Yankees is concerned.”
-- George Steinbrenner

#Running #Yankees #Economy

“I was often misquoted. I was supportive of my managers, even though they all may not think so.”
-- George Steinbrenner

#Thinking #Supportive #May

“Second place is really the first loser.”
-- George Steinbrenner

#Firsts #Loser

“I am tough. Sometimes I'm unreasonable. I have to catch myself every once in a while.”
-- George Steinbrenner

#Tough #Sometimes #Unreasonable

“Ruth was probably the greatest athlete to perform in any sport. Never has there been anybody like him.”
-- George Steinbrenner

#Sports #Athlete #Ruth

“In the end, I'll put my good acts up against those of anybody in this country. Anybody.”
-- George Steinbrenner

#Country #Economy #Ends

“David Cone is in a class by himself with three or four other players”
-- George Steinbrenner

#Player #Class #Three

“I will never have a heart attack. I give them.”
-- George Steinbrenner

#Heart #Giving #Economy

“But why shouldn't I speak out? Don't you speak out in this country?”
-- George Steinbrenner

#Country #Speak #Economy

“I'll stick to building ships.”
-- George Steinbrenner

#Yankees #Ships #Sticks