Ted Williams was a famous Athlete from USA, who lived between August 30, 1918 and July 5, 2002. He/she became 83 years old.
Zodiac:
He/she is born under the zodiac virgo, who is known for Analyzing, Practical, Reflective, Observation, Thoughtful.
Our collection contains 18 quotes who is written / told by Ted, under the main topic Sports.
18 Famous quotes by Ted Williams
"Hitting is fifty percent above the shoulders"
"Baseball's future? Bigger and bigger, better and better! No question about it, it's the greatest game there is!"
"Baseball is the only field of endeavor where a man can succeed three times out of ten and be considered a good performer"
"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 in any other part of the game"
"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"
"God gets you to the plate, but once your there your on your own"
"By the time you know what to do, you're too old to do it"
"You have to hit the fastball to play in the big leagues"
"If you don't think too good, don't think too much"
"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"
"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.'"
"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"
"I hope somebody hits .400 soon. Then people can start pestering that guy with questions about the last guy to hit .400"
"All managers are losers, they are the most expendable pieces of furniture on the face of the Earth"
"They invented the All-Star game for Willie Mays"
"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"
"If there was ever a man born to be a hitter it was me"
