10 Quotes by Cy Young

The one thing you have to have is patience, ... You just can't rush everything. I use myself as an example. The last couple of years have been great, but it took some time to get up to that point.

My heart will always be with the Boston fans. I hope that everyone who truly loves me will still support me now that I won't be with the Red Sox,

One of the fellows called me 'Cyclone' but finally shortened it to 'Cy' and its been that ever since.

Good hitter. All you can do is try to keep it low and away.

I thought I had to show all my stuff and I almost tore the boards of the grandstand with my fastball.

Too many pitchers, that's all, there are just too many pitchers Ten or twelve on a team. Don't see how any of them get enough work. Four starting pitchers and one relief man ought to be enough. Pitch 'em every three days and you'd find they'd get control and good, strong arms.

Things have changed for me over the past couple of weeks, ... There's a big part of my heart that's missing now with my mother gone. I knew I pitched for her. I just didn't realize how much. You just look at things different.

A pitcher's got to be good and he's got to be lucky to get a no hit game.

Gosh, all a kid has to do these days is spit straight and he gets forty-thousand dollars to sign.