He owned a service station, and I used to go there and piddle around - pump some gas, get in the way. Jack Youngblood
By that time I was thinking a little about pro ball and hopeful that someone would draft me. Jack Youngblood
Merlin really taught me how to concentrate, that you play each play as if it were the only play. And if you put all the plays together like that, then you'll come out on top. Jack Youngblood
Too many pitchers, that's all, there are just too many pitchers Ten or twelve on a team. Don't see how any of them get enough work. Four starting pitchers and one relief man ought to be enough. Pitch 'em every three days and you'd find they'd get control and good, strong arms. Cy Young
I thought I had to show all my stuff and I almost tore the boards of the grandstand with my fastball. Cy Young
All us Youngs could throw. I used to kill squirrels with a stone when I was a kid, and my granddad once killed a turkey buzzard on the fly with a rock. Cy Young
Gosh, all a kid has to do these days is spit straight and he gets forty-thousand dollars to sign. Cy Young
One of the fellows called me 'Cyclone' but finally shortened it to 'Cy' and its been that ever since. Cy Young
I was a lousy hitter in May doing the same things that made me a great hitter in June. Carl Yastrzemski
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
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
And if I have my choice between a pennant and a triple crown, I'll take the pennant every time. 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
Probably a few weeks after I was born I started having casts put on my legs to straighten them out. After that corrective shoes and with a brace in between. Kristi Yamaguchi
I've realized how precious life is. When I was younger, I was more adventurous. I felt invincible. I was game for everything. As a mom, I don't want to get injured because then I can't take care of my kids. Kristi Yamaguchi