Frank Abagnale Quotes

I would rather beat the Yankees regularly than pitch a no hit game.

You're always in the storm's eye, so to speak, when you're with the Yankees.

The Yankees don't pay me to win every day, just two out of three.

I was Mayor of New York during a great Yankees dynasty. I got to preside over the city during four Yankees championships.

I've been very fortunate to play for four great organizations, but New York really takes the cake. Wearing the pinstripes is something that's very special to me, and it's the greatest organization in sports history.

I always loved playing in New York, where the Yankees fans expect a winning team every year.

It's fun coming to the ballpark when you're winning.

The Yankees can buy all the stars they want, but that doesn't guarantee they are going to win.

Putting the Yankee uniform on every day.

We are the New York Yankees

When I was a teenager and my brother Frank was in the World Series in '57 and '58 against the Yankees, Braves winning in '57 and the Yankees in '58, little did I know the next time these two teams would meet in the World Series, I would be managing the Yankees.

Ballplayers are a superstitious breed, nobody more than I, and while you are winning you'd murder anybody who tried to change your sweatshirt, let alone your uniform.

The older they get, the better they were when they were younger.

One of the best things about being a Yankee is that you have guys like Whitey Ford, Phil Rizzuto, Ron Guidry and Reggie Jackson wandering around the locker room offering you advice.

If you can't enjoy the game unless you are pretty sure your team is going to win, baseball is not the game for you. Remember, the best team in baseball in any year is going to be beaten about 60 times.

Just like every other kid in my grade school, I was listening to my little radio plug in my ear when Mickey Mantle hit 18 post-season homers and won series after series for the Yankees. I listened and I learned from that. I think he was the original 'Mr. October,' but thank god it didn't stick.

The best team I ever saw, and I really mean this, was the '61 Yankees.

If I were playing today I'd do what Joe DiMaggio said. I'd go knock on the door at Yankee Stadium and when George Steinbrenner answered I'd say, 'Howdy, pardner.'

Our fans don't want to see us win the Wild Card. They want to see us win the division.

When I first came to Yankee Stadium I used to feel like the ghosts of Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig were walking around in there.

We've got to learn how to stay out of triple plays.

The Yankees have twenty-five heroes.

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

When I first signed with the Yankees, the regulars wouldn't talk to you until you were with the team three or four years. Nowadays the rookies get $100,000 to sign and they don't talk to the regulars.

The secret of success in pitching lies in getting a job with the Yankees.