Vernon Wells Quotes

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

I loved the opportunity to play for the Yankees, too.

All ballplayers want to wind up their careers with the Cubs, Giants or Yankees. They just can't help it.

They invented the All-Star game for Willie Mays.

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

Three of my childhood dreams went unfulfilled. I never saw a no-hitter, never saw a triple play, and never caught a ball that had been hit into the stands. But I did see the Yankees beat the Brooklyn Dodgers in a World Series game when I was 10.

I play rec softball sort of religiously. I'm a huge baseball fan. When I lived in New York City, I'd go to a Yankees game every week.

When I played Little League, I looked up to the big leaguers, too, and collected their baseball cards.

I didn't know if I could make it to the big leagues without going through Triple-A.

I want to be part of Major League Baseball's Hall of Fame, but I don't want to be part of the kind of Hall of Fame that's based on voters' beliefs and assumptions.

When I came into baseball, I had one goal for my career - the Hall of Fame.

Playing baseball for a living is like having a license to steal.

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

There's a man in Mobile who remembers that Honus Wagner hit a triple in Pittsburgh 46 years ago. That's baseball.

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.

When I was 15 years old, I used to actually dream I was pitching in Yankee Stadium. Bill Dickey was my catcher.

Career highlights? I had two - I got an intentional walk from Sandy Koufax and I got out of a rundown against the Mets.

Always wanted to be a Major League player. Loved baseball. Followed it. Loved to play. Plus, I could always hit.

I love baseball. I love watching baseball. As a broadcaster, I get to watch the best 700 players put on the uniform year after year. That, to me, is exciting.

When I started in professional baseball, I had what you might call a rude awakening. See this scar right next to my left ear? That's where the pitcher hit me the very first time I came to bat as a pro. I was out cold for about 10 minutes.

I'm a California Angels fan because that's the first game my dad took me to see, and they stuck with me.

The Oakland A's, I loved all my teammates there. I loved all the coaches. They gave me the opportunity to play in the big leagues. And for that, I thank them. I mean it was a dream come true for me.

I always wondered how it would be to put on a Braves uniform and play in Atlanta.

I'm still a huge Yankees fan. Growing up, Jeter was my guy, but Bernie Williams was my favorite player.