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I loved Herbert. I took him to ball games. He was just a wonderful person, and I really will miss him.


George Steinbrenner

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BONNIE FICK I heard some words ... but I don't know what was said. The ball didn't hit him, and he just took off...
JEFF MATHIS I loved Hendrix. I mean, really, really loved him. As if he were one of the great classical composer...
WARREN ZEVON I squirm when I see athletes praying before a game. Don't they realize that if God took sports serio...
MARK RUSSELL He had his helmet on, but I don't know if it was strapped right. We all loved him, and we're going t...
JOSE TORRES I really loved playing with Kerry and I just respected him a lot as a person, not only as a player.
AMANI TOOMER He was just such a good person. Not cocky and arrogant, but just a great athlete. I think all the ki...
JAYNE SHIMP James brought him to me. I saw he wasn't paying no attention, so I just took a chance and stole the ...
CHADD MOORE I just... I just miss him. And hate being so alone. Does he miss me? He must
SUZANNE COLLINS I loved getting to do Promised Land with him. I mean, he's really there for you. We did one very...
DELTA BURKE I was raised in the greatest of homes... just a really great dad, and I miss him so much... he was a...
MAX LUCADO He was a tremendous person, and we're going to miss him.
JEFF DONALDSON I wasn't hitting anything and George was getting hot. Just like the other games when I've been hot h...
BRYAN ERCE One thing I really enjoyed was for two games he coached us. That was awesome. You really got to see ...
BRAD BOYES It was a great challenge for me. I just tried to come out and play him as tough as I could. I was de...
DUSTIN SALISBERY He was everything to me. My world just ended. I just miss him so much.
DIANE YOMTOV I just wanted to pressure him as much as I could, and he took an off-balance shot. It didn't look li...
EARL BOYKINS He was a wonderful person. He was my oldest, my first born. I don't know why anyone would do that to...
CRYSTAL JARVIS He will know how much his dad loved him. He loved him so much, and that's what I want him to always ...
MAE RHYNES If I have to describe him, I would describe him as John Wayne. He was a strong person; he would just...
BARBARA REILLY I held his hand. I told him I loved him for some reason. I told him he was doing good and he was goi...
ASHLEY PERRY I just wanted to deny him [the ball]. He got the ball a couple of times, but I just wanted to chase ...
ERIC FERGUSON His contributions as a person to this community through the United Way are just immeasurable. We cal...
CYNTHIA BENSON I learned a ton from him. He was wonderful to work with. I wish him well and he'll be missed.
JEFF RODGERS And I remember when I met him, it was so clear that he was the only one for me. We both knew it, rig...
LANA DEL REY Turning for home, I shook the reins at him and he just took off. I really wasn't worried about anybo...
COREY NAKATANI We had a lot in common. I loved him and he loved him.
SHELLEY WINTERS I want him put to death so that he can just be taken away from this world. I really miss my wife.
ABRAHAM SCOTT He tried to hit me and missed but I didn't miss him. I was lucky I saw him at the last second.
ALEXEI KOVALEV Everybody loved him. There was not one person that did not think highly of him. I knew he was a grea...
LAURIANNA SARGENT He was such an asshole, and I loved him.
JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT I was like, you know, embarrassed a little bit. The ball was so fast and I was really nervous becaus...
FELICIANO LOPEZ I really liked him and just the way he was.
HEATHER BAUER He was so fine. I was just wishing he could have took me home with him.
VENUS JUNIUS He (Peel) was a wonderful person. He was a genuinely nice person, which is rare in this business. He...
DAVID GEDGE In truth, I'm not really a cat person. Seamus, the wonder dog, still deeply mourned by all who k...
MICHAEL DIRDA The owner of the New York Yankees, Mr. George Steinbrenner who I had the greatest respect for, I wan...
WADE BOGGS I would have loved to record with Paul McCartney on some of his early solo recordings, wonderful mus...
RICK WAKEMAN I just want him back, I miss him so much.
DORIS JOHNSON Russ took a risk. He was just trying to help the fishing fleet. I appreciate him trying.
ALEX LINKE Greg and I just have this special connection. When he is open down low, he will say 'Yes!' and I wil...
JAMES COTTON I miss him so much, but it's confusing, because I missed him long before he was dead, and that's the...
A.S. KING I used to love Andre The Giant. I could sit around all day and listen to Andre stories. He was such ...
STONE COLD STEVE AUSTIN I met the real George Steinbrenner on only one occasion when he actually came and played himself on ...
JASON ALEXANDER I went and took golf lessons so Dad would let me play with him. I was just terrible... but I was abl...
DAVID HYDE PIERCE I became intent on saving him through showing him that he was loved.
JOYCE JOHNSON Rising really attacks the ball. I don't have to tell him what to do; he just gets after it.
ADAM HYNDMAN I just...I just miss him. And I hate being so alone.
SUZANNE COLLINS I'll be thinking about it, but I want the ball again. I just got behind him and he was looking fastb...
JOSH HANCOCK I figured he took that extended lead and as I was going to throw, I saw him delaying and tried to ho...
DANNY ARDOIN The ball did exactly what I wanted it to do, make him swing and miss.
BEN SHEETS He's that kind of guy. I knew this from playing against him. When he was in Kansas City, Oakland, yo...
JOE TORRE He was kind of high, and I think I just grabbed his leg. I high-legged him over and he didn't really...
BRETT THIBODEAU As soon as the ball hit the bat I was going. I was lucky it was a chopper. I just ran and hoped to G...
JOEY GATHRIGHT Rod was a very meaningful person in my life, instrumental in my becoming the player that I was and t...
MARK MCGWIRE I really looked up to him. He pretty much overshadowed everything. He really just opened my eyes. It...
DANIEL GIBSON A dominant player. He just brought a relentless style of play, a great leader. We'll certainly miss ...
BUDDY TEEVENS ...and yes even loved him even though logic and reason told me I had no business feeling that way ab...
MEGAN MCCAFFERTY If I met him just another day, I could have told how much I loved him, how much I cared for him, how...
NISHI DE SILVA I have, in my partner George Roberts, a person who is the most wonderful man in the world to me. He&...
HENRY KRAVIS I've never seen Ryan miss one. It was a good take, he just missed the frame. I don't fault him.
JIM DAVIDSON I miss the smell of him. I miss his lips and his strong arms. I miss him.
KIMBERLY DERTING He is a top player and we will miss him - but we will also miss the man. Patrick isn't just anybody.
THIERRY HENRY I saw Chad [Barrett] checking the ball, so I checked right behind him and he turned and found me. I ...
CHRIS ROLFE When he was around, man, you knew he was there. That was tough . . . I miss him a lot.
DALE EARNHARDT JR That was a critical match. I took it to him. I was just trying to set a spark.
JARED HAMMOND He helped people. Everybody loved him because he was a good person. He tried to help everybody. It w...
HERMAN PITTMAN I was told to man-up on him. He kind of just did a wheel route, and luckily, I got my hands on the b...
JASON JONES The problem the other day was he ... the only thing I told him was when you have doubts always just ...
SANDY ALOMAR I think of the New York City Ballet as the Yankees without George Steinbrenner.
JOHN GUARE If you press me to say why I loved him, I can say no more than because he was he, and I was I.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNE He is a good player. He will play in midfield at Everton and the games I played with him there, he d...
DIEGO FORLAN I thought, well of course, Kinsey absolutely adored teaching. He was a wonderful teacher. So these k...
LIAM NEESON I saw him running and hit the ball perfectly to him, ... He finished it nicely. It was a real good g...
CHRIS PATTERSON He was certainly ahead of his times. He loved South Africa and was deeply committed to the empowerme...
CYRIL RAMAPHOSA I just tried to go out there and contain him, ... It was my job today -- it was my job the last two ...
DERON WILLIAMS He's been really banged up with his foot and his back's been stiffening up on him, ... With over 220...
WILLIE RANDOLPH I loved the fact that he was a hardworking man, and I saw him all those years to be a great father a...
DEB MILLINGTON He is just the most awesome kid. I just love him so much. My heart goes out when I see him up there....
DEBORAH DAWSON (Green) really had a great day. He was hitting the ball smart and he was hitting it where I wanted h...
BRYAN KING He was so much like his dad. Not just physically, but temperament, too. He was never a mean horse, b...
GUS KOCH Me and Quincy go way back. We talk on the court all the time. I was trying to mess with him. I was t...
EUGENE LAWRENCE He had a good look when he came off, and I saw Ricky (Davis) was trailing him. I knew he was going t...
FLIP SAUNDERS I felt really bad. I know what he means to Cincinnati. He is the worst person you could hit. I was r...
MICHAEL GOSLING With Tay, I was just trying to get a feel for him. He expressed himself candidly where he thought he...
FRAN MCCAFFERY I fell in love with him. I really did. And he was the smartest man I'd ever met. I mean, he was this...
HEIDI FLEISS Ike was open. I had to hold the ball a little bit longer for him to clear. It was a blitz. I just ov...
BRIAN GRIESE [The plaster sculpture] Kissing George Bush ... [George Bush] is a wildly passionate man who consume...
DANIEL CHESTER FRENCH He pitched really well. His arm was a little sore Friday and that's why we took him out. He doesn't ...
CRAIG LAMBERT I had a big Akita, Yoshi, who was fabulous. I loved him. We lost him when he was 12, and I've ne...
ROBERT CRAIS He knows I was the guy who just kept coming back and screwing things up, so he had to send me back. ...
BOBBY MEACHAM I already miss him and he hasn't even left yet.
ESTELLE MASKAME I was a Yankee fan until 1981. That was the year the Yankees were two up on the Dodgers and lost fou...
JOHN MCENROE He was a great football coach and he really cared about each and every one of his players. The guys ...
GALEN SNYDER I can't lie to you. I wanted to size him up, see how tall he was, how much he really weighed. I just...
ANDRE HALL When I was a kid, I loved Nicholas brothers films. It was like skateboarding. Even Gene Kelly: I alw...
HARMONY KORINE We were a couple and I loved him. ... He was my best friend. He sold drugs and used the money to hel...
HILLARY PETERSON My father is openly gay. He really loved my mother, but their marriage fell apart. When they separat...
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GEORGE ORWELL Then the face of Big Brother faded away again and instead the three slogans of the Party stood out i...
GEORGE ORWELL Cutting budget deficits can never be just an exercise in economics.
GEORGE OSBORNE You know, legends are people like Haggard and Jones and Wills and Sinatra. Those people are legends....
GEORGE STRAIT Stock market bubbles don't grow out of thin air. They have a solid basis in reality, but reality...
GEORGE SOROS They are few in the midst of an overwhelming mass of brute force, and their submission is wisdom; bu...
GEORGE COMBE No snowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsible
GEORGE BURNS I know every book of mine by its smell, and I have but to put my nose between the pages to be remind...
GEORGE GISSING It has long been a dream of mine that this important story one day would be told on the great Americ...
GEORGE TAKEI We all think we've got one more boxing match in us, and that, probably, will be the downfall of ...
GEORGE FOREMAN People are hurt in love affairs and never recover, more than a boxing match.
GEORGE FOREMAN I hope to have one more boxing match at the age of 55. Given that demographic at the age of 55 to 65...
GEORGE FOREMAN Oh, there's nothing more dangerous in life at getting hurt at than love itself. People are hurt ...
GEORGE FOREMAN We'd always said boxers shouldn't lift weights. Now I realize some champion boxer started th...
GEORGE FOREMAN It's an old ploy of the bourgeoisie. They keep a standing 'art' to defend their collapsi...
GEORGE GROSZ The bourgeoisie and the petty bourgeoisie have armed themselves against the rising proletariat with,...
GEORGE GROSZ I have, for many years past, contemplated the noble races of red men who are now spread over these t...
GEORGE CATLIN The Word

Wonder or dream from distant land
I carried to my country's strand
STEFAN GEORGE The secret is not to give up hope. It's very hard not to because if you're really doing some...
GEORGE LUCAS I remarked constantly, just at sunset, in these latitudes, that the eastern horizon was brilliantly ...
GEORGE GREY Well, again working strictly to the film, where you had this lovely, lovely land of brightness and c...
GEORGE MARTIN I just found out about 10 days ago that I must live 300 or 400 yards from Britney Spears... so now I...
GEORGE CLOONEY