Joe E. Lewis Quotes

Rooting for the Red Sox is like rooting for the drug companies.

I hated the Yankees and Dodgers and wound up managing both.

Twenty years ago rooting for the Yankees was like rooting for IBM.

I've been a Yankees fan since I was six.

After you manage the Yankees for 12 years, it's really tough to envision going somewhere else. But then the Dodgers called.

I would have to say that because I've lived in so many cities, by no means do I feel it's fair to call myself a 'fan' of any particular teams. I've lived in New York for a long time, and I did this movie about the Yankees called '*61.' I found out a lot about the Yankees during that time, so I love the Yankees, I've watched the Yankees.

I still have very close ties to Houston and the Astros because that was my first team.

I tell people Baltimore is lucky to be rid of the Colts, they're so lousy, but I don't mean it.

Here's the thing: I had never been to Boston, my whole life. Probably because I'm a Yankee fan.

I was actually a Cowboys fan.

I love being a Yankee, and it's hard not to. It's a special place to play.

I feel very fortunate to have broken in with the Milwaukee Braves organization.

I grew up an Indians fan my entire life. I was never really 'against' the Yankees, but I knew what they were capable of.

Baseball has better opening days and All-Star Games than the N.F.L. does. Ours stink.

To go from Yale to the National League is simply to go from one form of management to another.

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

Look, here's the deal: The Chiefs' fate and the Royals' fate, that's my fate.

There are young idealists all around the world falling in love with the Yankees now and realists who are gravitating to the Red Sox. I think the universe is on its head.

The Orioles made me. I didn't make the Orioles.

The Yankees are my team.

When the St. Louis Cardinals arrived in Arizona as the Phoenix Cardinals, I became a fan and still am today.

Ever since I got drafted by the Yankees, I've been working on my swing.

I have always loved and appreciated the Giants organization, my Giants teammates, and the fans of San Francisco.

Putting the Yankee uniform on every day.

I don't have hate in my heart. I don't hate any person, place or thing...but I hate the Yankees.