Explore Quotes by George Steinbrenner

Ruth was probably the greatest athlete to perform in any sport. Never has there been anybody like him.

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

I think about the next season right away.

I'm really 95 percent Mr. Rogers, and only 5 percent Oscar the Grouch.'

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.

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'?

Let's not talk punishment.

But why shouldn't I speak out? Don't you speak out in this country?

I will never have a heart attack. I give them.

As I've always said, the way New Yorkers back us we have to produce for them.

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

Owning the Yankees is like owning the Mona Lisa.

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.

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

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

Winning is the most important thing in my life, after breathing. Breathing first, winning next.

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.

I hate to lose. Hate, hate, hate to lose.

I haven't always made the right decisions.

When you're entrusted with a tradition, you've got to protect it.

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.