Carlton Fisk Quotes

• It's not what you achieve, it's what you overcome. That's what defines your career.

  Carlton Fisk

  Powerful, Careers, New Job

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• But this is the point I want to make: When you talk about steroids and
  you talk about what it means to the game, the three greatest home run
  hitters of all time-Hank Aaron, Babe Ruth and Willie Mays, right? When
  they were 39 years old, how many home runs do you think they averaged?
  The three greatest home run hitters of all time averaged 18 home runs
  at age 39. Now, how many home runs did Barry Bonds hit when he was 39?
  He hit 73!

  Carlton Fisk

  Running, Home, Mean

  "Carlton Fisk: Mark McGwire’s Claims That Steroids Didn’t Affect Home Runs ‘A Crock", www.huffingtonpost.com. March 21, 2010.

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• If the human body recognized agony and frustration, people would never run marathons, have babies, or play baseball.

  Carlton Fisk

  Baseball, Running, Baby

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• It's funny. Some people remember that a lot more than I do. I remember certain parts of it, and if everybody who mentioned that to me had been to the game who said they were at the game, there'd be 800,000 people at that game, I think.

  Carlton Fisk

  Sports, Thinking, Games

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• A million years went by quick.

  Carlton Fisk

  Years, Millions

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• People in New England think that the Red Sox won that series, three games to four.

  Carlton Fisk

  Sports, Thinking, Games

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• And then after that, running around the bases, it was just one of those things. You couldn't believe what happened to you. And I look back on it, it's almost like it happened to somebody else.

  Carlton Fisk

  Sports, Running, Believe

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• I always looked up there, because I remember a time when the only things on the walls in Fenway were the Jimmy Fund sign and the retired numbers. Never in a million years did you think you'd ever be up there with those guys.

  Carlton Fisk

  Sports, Wall, Thinking

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• But there was also a little of that thing they say about New Englanders: Being from here doesn't prevent me from doing anything, it just prevents me from enjoying it.

  Carlton Fisk

  Littles, Enjoy

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I knew it was gonna go out. It was just a question of it being fair or foul. The wind must have carried it 15 feet toward the foul pole. I just stood there and watched. I didn't want to miss seeing it go out.

  Carlton Fisk

  Sports, Feet, Wind

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• The '70s were a time of turmoil and turnover. But I grew up here. I always wanted to play here.

  Carlton Fisk

  Sports, Play, Turmoil

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