Carl Yastrzemski

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. ↗

— Carl Yastrzemski

#all day #baseball #day #dream #i

This is a strange game. ↗

— Carl Yastrzemski

#strange

And if I have my choice between a pennant and a triple crown, I'll take the pennant every time. ↗

— Carl Yastrzemski

#choice #crown #every #every time #i

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

— Carl Yastrzemski

#great #hitter #i #june #lousy

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. ↗

— Carl Yastrzemski

#baseball #career #different #enough #how

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. ↗

— Carl Yastrzemski

#anything #first #first time #get #going

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

— Carl Yastrzemski

#gets #make #out #pitcher #sometimes