Dave Winfield Quotes

I was a professional baseball player from the time I was drafted out of high school in 1981 until the time I retired in 2003.

The Yankees won the pennant, we went on to the World Series, 41 years after that in the city of Toronto. The great city of Toronto, and all the provinces in Canada, everybody reached out and they were excited because we won the first World Series ever, across the border.

I'm very thankful to the Yankees and to Major League Baseball for allowing me to play this game.

It's definitely a dream come true playing for the Red Sox.

So to get to play for the Yankees was really exciting. Really exciting.

Until spring training in 1946, the only time I pitched was in 1945 in the GI World Series.

I don't want to be one of those great players who never made it to the Series.

I grew up a Detroit Tigers fan, and now to be an owner of the Dodgers is amazing.

I had 12 years under my belt of baseball at the amateur level before I got to the big leagues.

I just wanted to go play in the big leagues. But possibly playing for the Yankees is very special.

Would I like to see baseball happen in Charlotte? Absolutely.

Well, I wanted to play twenty years in the major leagues. I never made it twenty though. I played nineteen.

If I could do it over, I'd want to come up to the big leagues like Mike Trout. He's exciting and I like watching him.

Cleveland is my hometown, and the Indians have a narrow but rich history.

I was in the American League for 16, 17 years, and I think it's a really tough league to compete in.

I played good ball in the minor leagues, and that's why they called me up to the major leagues.

It was always a dream of mine to play for the Orioles.

I want to finish my career in Cleveland. They gave me the opportunity to play in the big leagues.

The Mets are gonna be amazing.

Enos Cabell started out here with the Astros, and before that he was with the Orioles.

In 1962 I was named Minor League Player of the Year. It was my second season in the bigs.

I really want to see the Cubs in the World Series. I really do.

The owner of the New York Yankees, Mr. George Steinbrenner who I had the greatest respect for, I want to thank him for giving me the opportunity to win that special ring in 1996.

I am a huge Red Sox fan.

We want to add an American League pennant... and to bring the World Series to Arlington.