Carl Yastrzemski

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

This is a strange game.

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.

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.

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

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.