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
expect hard supposed
It's very hard to always expect to do the things we're supposed to do as a team,
carried mistake stepped
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.
challenge everyday player role
It will probably be a more complicated role than being an everyday player at a set position. If I look at it that way, I think it will be more of a challenge for me.
everyday role
It will probably be a more complicated role than an everyday player.
series
The World Series and the postseason is a thing you've got to go with the flow. In the World Series, you let it all out.
concept dream timing tournament
The concept is like a dream for me. However, the timing of the tournament is questionable at best.
career enjoying great moment older
All in all, the career has been great, a great ride. I'm enjoying every moment of it. The older I get, the more I'm enjoying it.
attitude dealing everyday matter
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.
bottom came kept straight
I went straight to the bottom and it circled around and came back and it kept going around in circles.
bench early full might mind somewhere year
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.
flow hard hitting remember seemed sort time zone
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.
chance opposed playing retire whether
It was more whether or not I was going to retire or not as opposed to playing for another team. I didn't want to have any doubts. I really wanted to give myself a chance to retire as a Yankee.
I'm not retiring, ... I'm not done here.
allow good physical
I'm going to play as long as my physical abilities allow me to. I still feel very good physically.