Patrick Whitesell Quotes

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 love movies. And sometimes it will be a case where I don't notice music.

I was happy that I was drafted, and then it was the Yankees and that just made it even better.

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 like basketball, and I've been to three games, which is so much more fun than seeing it on TV, I think.

There's a lot to be said for going to baseball games for a living.

If you're giving me tickets to the football game, baseball game or hockey game, I'm taking the tickets to the hockey game. For me, it's by far the most fun sport to go and watch live and be part of. I just don't know why it doesn't translate as well on TV.

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

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

To join Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys was like throwing a baseball around in your front yard and somebody coming over and signing you to play for the New York Yankees.

I'm not a film buff. I don't watch a lot of movies.

I'm just terrible with watching movies.

If you want to see a bunch of happy Americans, go out to opening day at any baseball stadium in the land.

I've always been a fan of Derek Jeter. Guys that consistently, throughout a long-term career, that not only have success but are very aware of their situation - I really dig that.

I don't watch many films.

Like a sporting event, live events are the one thing you can't have anytime you want them.

The more everything gets digitalised, the more precious the live experience of going to the theatre is.

Whenever WWE is in town, it's a great time, but Live Events are special. If you've never been to one, I highly recommend it.

If I hadn't met those two guys (Billy Martin and Whitey Ford) at the start of my career, I would have lasted another five years.

I remember I thought I should become a doctor, even though I had no talent for science whatsoever. Then of course, until I was about sixteen, I thought I might have a shot as a major league baseball player. But once I hit my full adolescence I lost all interest in that. I discovered, in rapid succession, books, girls, alcohol and tobacco, and I've never turned back. Those are the four things I'm most interested in.

With a DVD, you want something you can own, you can watch, you can come to grips with and you can explore. It's something larger than the film, when it's going out to a fan base.

Everyone is so addicted to their damn phone. It's sad to see the filmmaker's work diminished down to a computer screen.

Babe Ruth was the home-run king of his time, but also the strikeout king.

Despite streaming, despite the rise of tablets and smartphones - all the implications which in theory would make linear TV less important - live sporting events are extremely powerful. But it's not the event alone - it's also what's surrounding it.