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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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.