Ted Williams Quotes - Page 2

Baseball is 50% from the neck up

I object to fishing tournaments less for what they do to fish than what they do to fishermen.

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

Joe DiMaggio was the greatest all-around player I ever saw. His career can not be summed up in numbers and awards. It might sound corny, but he had a profound and lasting impact on the country.

There goes the greatest hitter who ever lived

If I could run like Mantle I'd hit .400 every year!

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 fifty percent above the shoulders.

They invented the All-Star game for Willie Mays.

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

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

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

I don't want to take anything away from Roger Maris and Mickey Mantle. They're both great hitters, but they're batting against guys they never would have seen in previous years.

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.

The Cleveland Cavaliers just offered me a full-time job and a house! A house! A house!