Sandy Koufax Quotes

Can't win without talent, you know.

Win with ability, not with numbers.

Natural ability is by far the best, but many men have succeeded in winning high renown by skill that is the fruit of teaching.

I believe in talent. I know you're not supposed to believe in that anymore because you're supposed to believe if you just work hard you can do anything. That's how you succeed, maybe. But talent is something you're born with. You cannot acquire it by working hard, and you cannot lose it by lying around either.

One thing you notice is, there's a lot of people with raw talent, and then there's people who take that talent and work hard.

If you're good at it, you can win.

Talent is what wins games.

I think everyone talks about talent. It's really one of the most overused terms. It comes down to, do you play, and do you win? Talent is one factor, but certainly not the only one.

Whoever plays well on a given day, that player wins.

There may be talent without position, but there is no position without some kind of talent.

Talent is very hot.

He hits the ball a long way and he knows how to win.

Whether I played marbles, whether I played football or slam anything else, I wanted to excel.

Nice guys finish first. If you don't know that, then you don't know where the finish line is.

The thing I like most about football is it's a meritocracy.

It is a very rare thing for a man of talent to succeed by his talent.

It is what we do easily and what we like to do that we do well.

If he can hit, he can hit. I don't care if he came from Class Z league.

I think it now comes down to whether you have the skills or not.

I suppose I'm happy when I know I've given a horse a good ride, no matter where it is. I like playing golf in the summer; I'm happy when I hit a good shot, and I enjoy watching Arsenal playing beautiful football, but overall I can't believe you can be happy when you're not winning. I honestly can't accept that.

Talent doesn't always equal success.

In games, we know who has won... You get the reinforcement for having played well.

The team with the best players wins.

It doesn't matter how pretty you look it's how many runs you get.

When you play well, when you perform, you have to show every game that you are that good.