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
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.
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.
couple face good help red teammate
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.
caution situation
I'll have to use a lot of caution. Hopefully, the situation will not come.
brain brains mental nowhere obviously
My fault. Obviously a brain cramp. I had nowhere to go. It was just a mental mistake.
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.
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.
challenges definitely rise
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.
everyday role
It will probably be a more complicated role than an everyday player.
retire
I really wanted to retire as a Yankee.
bottom came kept straight
I went straight to the bottom and it circled around and came back and it kept going around in circles.
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.
flair
He always had a flair for the dramatic.