19 Quotes by George Steinbrenner

• I'm really 95 percent Mr. Rogers, and only 5 percent Oscar the Grouch.'
• As I've always said, the way New Yorkers back us we have to produce for them.
• 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.
• I am tough. Sometimes I'm unreasonable. I have to catch myself every once in a while.
• I don't want to be in the Hall of Fame. I don't think owners should be.
• I haven't always made the right decisions.
• I think about the next season right away.
• 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 will never have a heart attack. I give them.
• But why shouldn't I speak out? Don't you speak out in this country?
• In the end, I'll put my good acts up against those of anybody in this country. Anybody.
• 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.
• Let's not talk punishment.
• Owning the Yankees is like owning the Mona Lisa.
• Ruth was probably the greatest athlete to perform in any sport. Never has there been anybody like him.
• We plan absentee ownership as far as running the Yankees is concerned.
• 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 was often misquoted. I was supportive of my managers, even though they all may not think so.
• I am dead set against free agency. It can ruin baseball.

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