Quotes from Carl Yastrzemski

The race doesn't always belong to the swift nor the battle to the strong. It belongs rather to those who run the race, who stay the course and who fight the good fight.

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

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

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 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 came to love Fenway. It was a place that rejuvenated me after a road trip; the fans right on top of you, the nutty angles. And the Wall. That was my baby, the left-field wall, the Green Monster.

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

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.

I loved the game - I loved the competition. But I never had any fun. All hard work - all the time.

This is a strange game.