18 Quotes by Johnny Pesky

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    First time anything like this has ever happened to me. I've been in the game over 60 years. I was kind of struggling (Saturday). I was like a fish out of water.

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    I used to dodge them pretty good. I saw something in the kid shortstop. I wanted to talk to his coach first. I just had a suggestion I wanted to make to him. I'm not going to tell him how to play or anything like that ... but I never got there.

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    It was for the whole shebang, you know? ... You play every day tooth and nail in order to be in a spot like that.

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    He sent me a fruit basket and a card signed by all his teammates. I was very surprised. He didn't have to do that. It was very nice of him. He came into the (Sox) clubhouse after it happened and apologized, but I told him there was no need. It was my fault.

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    When you win you eat better, sleep better and your beer tastes better. And your wife looks like Gina Lollobrigida.

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    Baseball can build you up to the sky one day and the next day you have to climb a stepladder to look up at a snake.

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    I think if you’re Red Sox, well, it’s something you’re born with, and affection you have.

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