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Ted Williams Quotes

Total quotes: 20
“The hardest thing to do in baseball is to hit a round baseball with a round bat, squarely.”
— Ted Williams
Tagged: baseball, Hitter, Baseball Game, strategy
“No one has come up with a substitute for hard work.”
— Ted Williams
Tagged: Hardwork, Substitute, Work
“Baseball is the only field of endeavor where a man can succeed three times out of ten and be considered a good performer.”
— Ted Williams
Tagged: baseball, Baseball Game, Field, Success, Performance
“Get a good Pitch to Hit!”
— Ted Williams
Tagged: baseball, Baseball tip, Baseball Player
“I knew what was going on at that plate. It used to kill me to strike out, but when I struck out I knew what it was that got me and what I was going to try to do about it.”
— Ted Williams
Tagged: Experience, Game, baseball, Baseball Player
“I think without question the hardest single thing to do in sport is to hit a baseball. A .300 hitter, that rarest of breeds these days, goes through life with the certainty that he will fail at his job seven out of ten times.”
— Ted Williams
Tagged: Hitter, baseball, Baseball Game
“The batter has three strike zones: his own, the opposing pitcher’s, and the umpire’s. The umpire’s zone is defined by the rule book, but it’s also more importantly defined by the way the umpire works. A good umpire is consistent so you can learn his strike zone. The batter has a strike zone in which he considers the pitch the right one to hit. The pitchers have zones where they are most effective. Once you know the pitcher and his zone you can get set for a particular pitch.”
— Ted Williams
Tagged: Batter, Hitter, Pitcher, baseball, Baseball Game, Baseball Player, Baseball Tips
“Think. Don’t just swing. Think about the pitcher, what he threw you last time up, his best pitch, who’s up next. Think!”
— Ted Williams
Tagged: Think, Focus, strategy, Baseball Tips, Hitter
“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.”
— Ted Williams
Tagged: baseball, Dreams, Excel, Game, goal
“Baseball’s future? Bigger and bigger, better and better! No question about it, it’s the greatest game there is!”
— Ted Williams
Tagged: baseball, Future, Game
“Hitting is fifty percent above the shoulders.”
— Ted Williams
Tagged: baseball, Hitter, Baseball Player, strategy, Baseball Tips
“If there was ever a man born to be a hitter it was me.”
— Ted Williams
Tagged: Hitter, baseball, Born To Be A Player
“You have to hit the fastball to play in the big leagues.”
— Ted Williams
Tagged: baseball, Determination, perseverance, League, goal
“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.”
— Ted Williams
Tagged: baseball, Hitter, motivation, Pitcher
“ 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.”
— Ted Williams
Tagged: baseball, Hitter, Improvement, Determination
“I hope somebody hits .400 soon. Then people can start pestering that guy with questions about the last guy to hit .400.”
— Ted Williams, The Braves' Chipper Jones carries weight of .400
Tagged: baseball, Fame, Baseball Player
“If you don't think too good, don't think too much.”
— Ted Williams, The Gigantic Book of Baseball Quotations
Tagged: Mind Control, mind exercise, Thoughts, Thoughts in Mind
“A kid copies what is good. I remember the first time I saw Lefty O'Doul, and he was as far away as those palms. And I saw the guy come to bat in batting practice. I was looking through a knothole, and I said, "Geez, does that guy look good!" And it was Lefty O'Doul, one of the greatest hitters ever.”
— Ted Williams, The Sporting News
Tagged: inspiration, Youth, baseball, practice
“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."”
— Ted Williams, My Turn at Bat: The Story of My Life
Tagged: Goals, Life, baseball, Fame
“Batting coaches are just as important as pitching coaches. Lefty O'Doul gave me good advice when he said: "Don't ever let them change you." I also asked for help from Cobb, Foxx and Hornsby.”
— Ted Williams, Here's the Pitch
Tagged: Batting, baseball, Pitching, coach
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