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
attracted challenge inside learn opportunity pick remember
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.
retire
I really wanted to retire as a Yankee.
caution situation
I'll have to use a lot of caution. Hopefully, the situation will not come.
chew felt hanging head hit large shark side truck trying
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.
cross worry
Being human, yeah, it has to cross my mind. But, as a team, we have a lot more things to worry about.
crossed focus games personal worry
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.
bit eyes hopefully raise
Hopefully I was able to raise some eyes, show a little bit of what I can do out there in the outfield.
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.
flashes greatness hate learning maybe mistake rookies
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.
accept ball difficult position question retire role whether
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.
appreciate great
They were not going to stop, ... It was a great moment, and I appreciate it a lot.
return teams
It is weird. You know going in, that this isn't going to last. In a little while, we'll return to our teams and it'll be back to normal.
against experience great played players playing since
It's going to be a great experience playing with all of these guys. I've played with or against these players most of my career. But it's been a while with some. I haven't played with Delgado since 1995.