Billy Crystal Quotes

I'm a huge Kevin Youkilis fan.

Growing up, my favorite player was either Derek Jeter or Manny Ramirez.

Mickey Mantle was baseball.

I was always interested in baseball. In fact, in my younger years, I played it in an amateur way. But up to the time when I became identified with the Yankees, I was a strong National League rooter.

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

I'm proud to be here as a man that has played first base more than anybody in the game of baseball.

In the spring of 1957, Mickey Mantle was the king of New York. He had the Triple Crown to prove it, having become only the 12th player in history to earn baseball's gaudiest jewel. In 1956, he had finally fulfilled the promise of his promise, batting .353, with 52 homers and 130 RBIs. Everybody loved Mickey.

No! I won't rule out center field for the Yankees, either.

When I was in the West Coast watching the Giants, Rich Aurilia was a guy I always liked.

We are the New York Yankees

When you think New York, you think Yankees.

Baseball player. Yeah, that was my dream before acting, or alongside acting.

The first time that I ever saw Babe Ruth was in the Boston Red Sox clubhouse.

I am a huge Red Sox fan.

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

Yankee Stadium, and the Yankees are so famous for Mickey Mantle, Joe DiMaggio, Lou Gehrig, all of those guys.

The fans love the home runs, the home run competition between Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa.

Baseball needs more superstars.

I was a big Dave Winfield guy growing up.

To play 18 years in Yankee Stadium is the best thing that could ever happen to a ballplayer.

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.

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

I'm an avid Boston Red Sox fan.

My family loves Mark McGwire.