144 Quotes by George Steinbrenner

If you haven't got a hernia yet, you ain't pulling your share.

Winning was everything. I don’t care what they tell you.

Once in a while, I played second base; once in a while, outfield. But those were just pickup games and softball leagues. So when I bought the Yankees, I tried to stay one pace ahead of the players.

We are the New York Yankees

Breathing first, winning next.

I used to be very hands-on, but lately I've been more hands-off and I plan to become more hands-on and less hands-off and hope that hands-on will become better than hands-off, the way hands-on used to be.

What happens is that all your life you operated businesses in such a way that you could one day afford to buy a baseball team. And then you buy the team and forget all the business practices that enabled you to buy it.

Winning means everything...You show me a good loser and I'll show a loser.

I'm not a win at all costs guy. Winning isn't everything. It's second to breathing