Dennis Eckersley Quotes

Getting to say you're going to the World Series is a pretty special thing.

The MVP award was very satisfying in terms of personal accomplishments, but the championship was the most important thing of all.

Winning the World Series, winning the MVP, you feel like you have everything.

My No. 1 thing is to win a World Series. The rest comes as it comes.

Winning the World Cup was a dream come true.

The ultimate goal is to win a championship.

At the end of the day, that's all that matters. Winning a championship. Everything else is failure.

You don't get the accolades unless you win. It took me a while to understand. No one will remember how Kenny Smith played in Game 1 unless we win the series. The thrill is in winning.

It doesn't matter the numbers, it doesn't matter the records, it doesn't matter the money that you make. What matters is to raise that trophy and to be able to bring that smile to the city of St. Louis.

You have to win and especially, as I have, you have to win a trophy for the first time.

If you win a National Championship, or you win two, people think you have not only seen the Holy Grail, but you've embraced it. Basically, I do what a lot of people do, but I've been able to win.

I won player of the year and players' player, two cups and two championship medals, had a great time.

You don't just accidentally show up in the World Series.

I don't want to just go to the playoffs, I don't want to go to the playoffs and win the first round, second round, and not win the whole thing because it's bittersweet.

I had dreams of catching the ball for the final out in the World Series and being mobbed by my teammates. Well, I guess all my dreams didn't come true.

This is what you work for, putting all the other crap that you hear aside. Just being able to participate in a World Series is pretty much everything. But you do want to win!

My idea of heaven is a pennant winner.

That's what every young kid thinks about when they first put on a uniform - is to play in the Major League and then, ultimately, play in a World Series. To me, that was the ultimate, winning in '86.

Well, I mean, to me, I think my ultimate - my ultimate goal is winning championships and - and I understand that me going down as one of the greats will not happen until I, you know, win a championship.

I played for 18 years, but the only thing that meant anything to me was the World Series.

When I became the manager of the New York Yankees, it was an opportunity to realize my lifelong dream of winning the World Series. We were fortunate enough to succeed in our first season in 1996, and in the years that followed, we wrote some great new chapters in Yankee history.

When you win a championship, it is a great feeling, and you really don't want that feeling to go away.

Winning the World Cup was very special because it meant so much to so many.

I'm not thinking about records. Just winning the pennant would be exciting.

I want that second World Series ring. I want to win again.