George Vecsey Quotes

A World Series trophy is a wonderful thing to behold.

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

I do sincerely hope the Cubs win a World Series. After I die.

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

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 feel like not knowing Joe Torre is a hole in my New York experience.

The Dodgers to me are the Yankees of the National League.

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

It was not long before I was struck with the idea that base ball was just the game for a national sport for Americans.

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.

I have a vivid memory of loving Keith Hernandez, the first baseman for the '86 Mets. I grew up in Queens, so when the Mets won the World Series that year, it was a big deal.

The Boston Red Sox, they love to compete.

Watching guys win the World Series looks like a lot of fun. I'd kind of like to do that.

Anytime you go to the All-Star Game, you recognize that it's special. It's an experience that you don't want to pass up.

The Houston Astros are an organization I really respect and they have a lot of great players.

I've definitely been to my fair share of Dodger games growing up. Didn't grow up too far from the stadium. That's where I first learned, first watched major-league baseball.

Who knows how many times I'm going to get to go to the World Series? I know more than anybody how hard it is to get there.

Baseball will miss Steinbrenner. He did a lot of great things-and some not so great-but it's a sad day for baseball, no doubt about it. He was a winner, and he made the Yankees a winner.

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

I've been a Yankees fan for a long time. When I was a kid in the mid-'70s, the Yankees were really great. They had Reggie Jackson in '77. I was 8 years old at the time. He hit three home runs to win the World Series in game six against the Dodgers, and I was just hooked.

I came up in 1941 and I played against men who played in the 1930s. I stayed until 1963 playing against men who will be playing in the 1970s. So I think I can feel qualified to say that baseball really was a great game, and baseball is really a great game, and baseball will always be a great game.

I was a big Dave Winfield guy growing up.

Baseball has long been a national pastime that many Americans have cherished.

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

I'm a former Red Sox fan, now fully rehabilitated.