Johnny Pesky Quotes (11 Quotes)

I'll never forget him. I was talking about him just the other day. People ask you about people you've met. The announcers back in our day used to travel with us on trains and we would play cards with them. Those years there just seemed like there was a lot of affection there.

Fortunately, for a lot of us, we had a lot of these guys that I played with my rookie year. I missed three years, (but) at that time you thought nothing of it. We got playing and we were winning and you thought it was never going to end. But it did end. It was just a fine time.

He was in a class with Mel Allen and all those great announcers. You always go by the voice, and when they got that good voice, you could listen to them all day.

It was my own damn fault. I was in the wrong place.

I thought the pole was plenty, ... When something like this happens, it makes you feel pretty good. But I don't want to die just yet.

We had two years in a row with the Yankees. We always played them pretty good in those years. We beat them our share, but not as much as we should have.

I used to dodge them pretty good. I saw something in the kid shortstop. I wanted to talk to his coach first. I just had a suggestion I wanted to make to him. I'm not going to tell him how to play or anything like that ... but I never got there.

That's the word I always had for him. He had that smooth way about him, that pleasant nature. He never screamed or hollered. And he never ripped a player because he didn't have to. He'd just tell you what he was seeing, and you could make your own opinion

First time anything like this has ever happened to me. I've been in the game over 60 years. I was kind of struggling (Saturday). I was like a fish out of water.

He was a very unpretentious guy, and there was nothing conceited about him at all. He had a great body, and was good-looking with curly hair. He was a great guy to be around.

When you win you eat better, sleep better and your beer tastes better. And your wife looks like Gina Lollobrigida.