Ted Williams Quotes

“A man has to have goals, for a day, for a lifetime and that was mine, to have people say, “There goes Ted Williams, the greatest hitter who ever lived.”

“You have to hit the fastball to play in the big leagues.”

“There’s only one way to become a hitter. Go up to the plate and get mad. Get mad at yourself and mad at the pitcher.”

“All managers are losers, they are the most expendable pieces of furniture on the face of the Earth.”

“Baseball gives every American boy a chance to excel, not just to be as good as someone else but to be better than someone else. This is the nature of man and the name of the game.”

“Baseball is the only field of endeavor where a man can succeed three times out of ten and be considered a good performer.”

“God gets you to the plate, but once your there your on your own.”

“Hitting is the most important part of the game. It is where the big money is, where much of the status is, and the fan interest.”

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“I hope somebody hits .400 soon. Then people can start pestering that guy with questions about the last guy who hit .400.”

“I’ve found that you don’t need to wear a necktie if you can hit.”

“If I was being paid thirty-thousand dollars a year, the very least I could do was hit .400.”

“If there was ever a man born to be a hitter it was me.”

“If you don’t think to good, don’t think too much.”

“There has always been a saying in baseball that you can’t make a hitter, but I think you can improve a hitter. More than you can improve a fielder. More mistakes are made hitting than any other part of the game.”

“They invented the All-Star game for Willie Mays.”