Bernie Williams Quotes (40 Quotes)

It's too early to say that. The year is full of surprises. I could be on the bench all year, I might play more than I ever anticipated or somewhere in the middle. I have to keep my mind open.

That's what I have to live with, man.

I didn't want to retire until I had no doubt in my mind it was what I wanted to do. I feel good enough to still play.

It's time to reflect on the season.

You've got to keep an everyday player's attitude to play this game. It's just going to be a matter of dealing with the disappointment of not being able to play every day.

I would get a late jump on a ball and be able to overcome that by running, ... Now I can't get to it.

With this club, it doesn't matter where you hit. You're going to have people on base, one through nine.

He has been one of our great players this season, ... Flashes of greatness and then doing things that are not as good. But I think his attitude is exemplary. He made a mistake. He didn't get down on himself. He got back up.

Being human, yeah, it has to cross my mind. But, as a team, we have a lot more things to worry about.

It felt like I was playing in the World Series in March. It's a great feeling. There's something very special about playing for my country, in my hometown, with people saying my name.

Retirement was very serious. My family has been pushing me to retire. I have a son who is already 15. In two years he'll be out of high school and I never really got to see him grow up. I've sacrificed a lot.

When the time comes to perform, I want to be there and be one of the key guys contributing to the success of the team.

My fault. Obviously a brain cramp. I had nowhere to go. It was just a mental mistake.

To say you've played center field for the New York Yankees, that's probably the one or two most important positions in sports. There's a lot of history there. Those are big shoes to fill. But I feel good about Johnny. I feel good knowing center field is going to be in good hands.

It was like he got in some sort of zone and everything seemed to flow for him. I remember hitting something hard off him my first time up and then I couldn't hit anything.

I used to get angry at my body when I was younger, when it was supposed to respond to every command, but now I don't,

I was feeling loose and relaxed, took some good jumps on balls. I was able to make a catch and throw somebody out, which I was very pumped about.

I had a good run here, fifteen years. That's a great run. I'm not saying that I'm done in center field -- if I could play there forever, I would. But I know that's not reality, so I'm happy.

I was trying to make sure I was within protocol within the team, and trying not to disturb anybody. They were not going to stop, so I sort of looked at Joe and said, 'Can I do this' and he said, 'Yes.' It was a great moment, and I appreciate it a lot.

My future is going to be determined in a great way on how we finish this year. So I've got to take care of the present now, and hopefully the future will take care of itself.

Being human, it has crossed my mind, but as a team, we have a lot more things to worry about than my personal future. We have a lot of very important games to go, and that's where our focus should be right now.

I'd hate to think where we'd be without those two, ... They play the way rookies do, with flashes of greatness one minute, and then maybe a mistake the next. They're learning as they go along.

He has been with other teams, too, so it's not like he was the face of the Red Sox. He had a couple good years with them and he's our teammate now. He's going to help us a lot.

I think the Yankees wanted me back. It was a matter of me accepting the role they had for me.

They have stepped up. Make no mistake about it, Robby and Wang have carried us at times, ... Without them, we are not in this position.

It's not a casual thing for the fans here anymore. Before, people came halfway through the game and left by the seventh inning, no matter the score. It's a credit to the front office that they have put a winning team on the field, and the people are interested in what happens.

I remember just being attracted to the music. When I had the opportunity to pick up a guitar, it was like it was inside of me. It was a challenge to learn how to play it. I didn't want to stop.

One thing I've got going for me is I'm a baseball player playing a guitar. I'm not a renowned jazz guitarist. There should be people who are just happy to see me up there playing.

I just felt like I'd been hit by a truck on the side and there was a very large shark head hanging off my arm, trying to chew it.

Right now, we have more important things to worry about than my personal future, ... My future will be determined, in a great way, by how we finish the season.

Today is a day to reflect upon our season. The day will come when I will have to make a decision, but that isn't today.

We went out there trying hard. Unfortunately, we're not in the business of trying. We're in the business of doing.

The ball was in my court. It was just a question of whether I would accept the role they had for me. ... To play for another team, it would have been a very difficult situation. I'd like to be in a position to retire as a Yankee.

Every year, we go through challenges. With my dad, it was what I was going through. As a professional player, you have to rise above, you can't use it as an excuse. It was definitely on my mind, but I wouldn't put it as a reason. I just didn't hit.

It doesn't show that I have anything torn, by the test that the trainer did to my shoulder. He doesn't seem to think I have anything to worry about. It's just a deep bruise, I guess. We'll see what happens tomorrow. We're going to keep packing it in ice and getting therapy and try to get it going.

Very exciting. But I think this team has been very good on putting personal goals aside for the benefit of the team, and I think this should be no different. I think my goal right now is just to play as good as I can so we can win the series. This is a nice note, but still, we're looking at the big picture here.

This reminds me of '98, ... Hopefully (today) will not be my last game here. I don't take any day I come here for granted, and I never have. But I don't want to treat this game like it's my last, and I don't want the fans to act any differently.

I still think I can play out there (in center field) every day. But you have to take what they give you and run with it and make the best out of it. That's the magic of this game. People can write you off, say whatever they want to say about you, but it's really up to you to go out there and perform and prove people wrong. I've been proving people wrong forever.

The concept is like a dream for me. However, the timing of the tournament is questionable at best.

There are some things that you notice, and some things that you really need to be presented with to really notice them. Like maybe hitting a ground ball to third base, a chopper or something like that, something that you might beat out when you were younger. Maybe it takes you a little bit longer to get to first base. That half-step might not be there. I think there is a period of time when you get frustrated because your body doesn't react the way you want it to for a while.