Bernie Williams
Bernie Williams
Bernabé Williams Figueroa Jr.is a Puerto Rican former professional baseball player and musician. He played his entire 16-year career in Major League Baseballwith the New York Yankees from 1991 through 2006...
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth13 September 1968
CitySan Juan, PR
flair surprised
He always had a flair for the dramatic. I would be surprised if he doesn't do anything.
flair
He always had a flair for the dramatic.
matter people
With this club, it doesn't matter where you hit. You're going to have people on base, one through nine.
aside benefit goals good looking nice personal picture putting team win
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.
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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.
appreciate disturb great joe looked protocol sort sure trying within
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.
sure trying within
I was trying to make sure I was within protocol.
hoping redeem
I was hoping that I could do something to redeem myself.
bad eyes good hopefully jump raise
I think I had a good jump on that one. Not a bad first day. Hopefully I was able to raise some eyes and show a little of what I'm able to do in the outfield.
felt great people playing saying series special
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.
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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.
bottom came kept straight
I went straight to the bottom and it circled around and came back and it kept going around in circles.
best center magic people perform prove proving run whatever wrong
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.
team careers yankees
When my Yankee career is over I'll play anywhere, but I'm positive that I'll never find a team quite like the Yankees.