Ed (Runge), you're the second best umpire in the league. The other twenty-three are tied for first.

- Carl Yastrzemski

Anything less would not have been worthy of me. Anything more would not have been possible.

- Carl Yastrzemski

You never know what's going to happen. Anything can happen there... and often does.

- 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 fi…

- Carl Yastrzemski

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

- Carl Yastrzemski

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

- Carl Yastrzemski

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)…

- Carl Yastrzemski

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…

- Carl Yastrzemski