Top 21 Quotes & Sayings by Carl Yastrzemski

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American athlete Carl Yastrzemski.
Last updated on December 21, 2024.
Carl Yastrzemski

Carl Michael Yastrzemski is an American former Major League Baseball player. He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1989. Yastrzemski played his entire 23-year Major League career with the Boston Red Sox (1961–1983). He was primarily a left fielder, but also played 33 games as a third baseman while later in his career he was mainly a first baseman and designated hitter. Yastrzemski is an 18-time All-Star, the possessor of seven Gold Gloves, a member of the 3,000 hit club, and the first American League player in that club to also accumulate over 400 home runs. He is second on the all-time list for games played, and third for total at-bats. He is the Red Sox' all-time leader in career RBIs, runs, hits, singles, doubles, total bases, and games played, and is third on the team's list for home runs, behind Ted Williams and David Ortiz.

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.
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.
You don't always make an out. Sometimes the pitcher gets you out. — © Carl Yastrzemski
You don't always make an out. Sometimes the pitcher gets you out.
This is a strange game.
And if I have my choice between a pennant and a triple crown, I'll take the pennant every time.
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.
The moment the game (AL Pennant versus the Twins) was over I sprinted for the dugout. The fans were pouring onto the field. If they'd caught me they'd have torn my uniform into shreds for souvenirs.
You never know what's going to happen. Anything can happen there... and often does.
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.
Anything less would not have been worthy of me. Anything more would not have been possible.
Red Sox versus Yankees is the greatest rivalry in sports.
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.
I never stay away from workouts. I work hard. I've tried to take care of my body. I'll never look back and say that I could have done more. I've paid the price in practice, but I know I get the most out of my ability.
I'm very pleased and very proud of my accomplishments, but I'm most proud of that (hitting four-hundred home runs and three-thousand hits). Not (Ted) Williams, not (Lou) Gehrig, not (Joe) DiMaggio did that. They were Cadillacs and I'm a Chevrolet.
If that guy (Mickey Mantle) were healthy, he'd hit 80 home runs.
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.
Ed (Runge), you're the second best umpire in the league. The other twenty-three are tied for first.
When they knock you down, you not only have to get up, but you have to make it clear that you won't be knocked down a second time. — © Carl Yastrzemski
When they knock you down, you not only have to get up, but you have to make it clear that you won't be knocked down a second time.
I loved the game - I loved the competition. But I never had any fun. All hard work - all the time.
I remember I was a scared rookie, hitting .220 after the first three months of my baseball season, and doubting my ability.
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