“My goal had been to win a championship, work toward the Hall of Fame, have my jersey retired by the team and I'd go in as a lifelong New York Giant, but I'm now resigned to the fact that this won't happen.” FactsHappensWinningSportsGoalTeamNew YorkFameGiantsHallsChampionshipRetiredJerseyLifelongHall Of FameResigned Author:Michael Strahan
“I truly believe my job starts the minute I leave the baseball field. Going out and catching ground balls and hitting, that's a job, and that's what I've wanted to do ever since I was a kid. But when you think about leaving that field, that's when the job and the demands really start. In New York, Seattle, every city. The community, the media, business stuff. You have to stay on a narrow path.” ThinkingBelieveKidsWantedJobsStuffSportsCommunityCitiesPathMinutesMediaNew YorkFieldsDemandBaseballBallsLeavingHittingGoing OutCatchingSeattleNarrow PathBaseball Field Author:Alex Rodriguez
“If I had to compare any of the two, I'd compare the first one in Edmonton, the first one here in New York because it had been so long in New York since we had won. Obviously, being the first time to ever win the cup in Edmonton, they were fairly similar in that regard.” IfsFirstsLongTwoWinningSportsNew YorkFirst TimeRegardCupsCompareEdmonton Author:Mark Messier
“In the space of less than seven days, I attended a track meet in Boston, flew from there to Bowling Green for the National Jaycees, then to Rochester for the blind, Buffalo for another track meet, New York to shoot a film called The Black Athlete, Miami for Ford Motor Company, back up to New York for 45 minutes to deliver a speech, then into L. A. for another the same night.” FilmNightSportsBlackSpaceCompanyMinutesNew YorkSpeechBlindGreenSevenAthleteTrackBostonMotorFlewMiamiBowlingBuffaloSeven DaysRochesterFord Motor Author:Jesse Owens
“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.” PlaySportsFourSpecialNew YorkOrganizationFortunateCakeSpecial To MeGreat Organizations Author:Mark Teixeira
“You take a team with twenty-five assholes and I'll show you a pennant. I'll show you the New York Yankees.” ShowsSportsFiveTeamNew YorkTwentiesYankeesTwenty FiveNew York Yankees Author:Bill Lee
“I didn't come to New York to be a star. I brought my star with me.” StarsSportsNew YorkYankeesNew York Yankees Author:Reggie Jackson
“You may be big in New York, but in Walters, Oklahoma, you're nobody.” MayBigsSportsNew YorkOklahoma Author:Abe Lemons