Carl Yastrzemski Quotes & Sayings

“I think about baseball when I wake up in the morning. I think about it all day and I dream about it at night. The only time I don't think about it is when I'm playing it.”

“And if I have my choice between a pennant and a triple crown, I'll take the pennant every time.”

“You don't always make an out. Sometimes the pitcher gets you out.”

“I was lucky enough to have the talent to play baseball. That's how I treated my career. I didn't think I was anybody special, anybody different.”

“This is a strange game.”

“The three-thousand hitting thing was the first time I let individual pressure get to me. I was uptight about it. When I saw the hit going through, I had a sigh of relief more than anything.”

“I was a lousy hitter in May doing the same things that made me a great hitter in June.”