Carlton Fisk Quotes

Carlton Fisk — American Athlete born on December 26, 1947,

Carlton Ernest Fisk is a retired Major League Baseball catcher. During a 24-year baseball career, he played for both the Boston Red Sox and Chicago White Sox. The 6-foot-2-inch, 220-pound Fisk was known in the majors as "Pudge", his childhood nickname as he had been a chubby youngster, or "The Commander". He was the first player to be unanimously voted American League Rookie of the Year... (wikipedia)

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

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

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.

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.

It was just one of those moments in the universe that was mine.

Carlton Fisk Quotes

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