30 Quotes by Carl Yastrzemski

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.

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.

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

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

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 knew when the ball was going out (over the Green Monster). It was something I worked into the decoy, but it used to tick the pitchers off. Bill Monbouquette used to say, 'Can't you at least make it look like you can catch it?' Meanwhile, the ball would be on its way over the fence to a spot three-quarters of the way out to the railroad tracks.

If that guy (Mickey Mantle) were healthy, he'd hit 80 home runs.

I remember I was a scared rookie, hitting .220 after the first three months of my baseball season, and doubting my ability.