Ted Williams Quotes

I throw the ball ninety-two miles an hour, but they hit it back just as hard.

You fool around with different pitches playing catch, but it's not the same when you've got to face some guy with a bat in his hand.

Whether it's boxing, basketball, or badminton, one must be ready to succeed before entering the arena...long before the lights come up.

Hitting is timing. Pitching is upsetting timing.

The thing that makes the great players great, and that separates players from different players is, when you going out there whether being prepared or not, you have to react. And if you're thinking, you're already a step behind.

Strikeouts are part of my game.

In baseball I was very singularly focused. If I was pitching it was me versus the hitter.

When you go up there in the batter's box, you're engaged to hit. It's the same thing with baserunning.

We need to be always prepared for every match.

The pleasure of sport was so often the chance to indulge the cessation of time itself--the pitcher dawdling on the mound, the skier poised at the top of a mountain trail, the basketball player with the rough skin of the ball against his palm preparing for a foul shot, the tennis player at set point over his opponent--all of them savoring a moment before committing themselves to action.

I'm here and I'm ready. They're not. Bring it.

For me, it's just going up on the mound and trying to get outs.

I thought I had to show all my stuff and I almost tore the boards of the grandstand with my fastball.

I don't like to sound egotistical, but every time I stepped up to the plate with a bat in my hands, I couldn't help but feel sorry for the pitcher.

You're always in the storm's eye, so to speak, when you're with the Yankees.

You could ask any position player and they'll tell you: pitchers aren't athletes.

Pitching is 80% of the game and the other half is hitting and fielding.

I've heard there are troubles of more than one kind; some come from ahead, and some come from behind. But I've brought a big bat. I'm all ready, you see; now my troubles are going to have troubles with me!

Your bat is your life. It's your weapon. You don't want to go into battle with anything that feels less than perfect.

The pitcher setting up the batter. It's chess, and you play with it.

When that bell rang, I wanted to go out there and do my thing.

Pitching is a priority.

I grew up on the softball field. Every day I would take my glove and my bat with me.

It's about getting in position and taking a swing. I don't care if you're taking steroids or not; if you don't do those two things, it's not going to matter anyway.

As long as the ball is thrown by a human being, I have the confidence to hit any pitch, no matter how fast it comes.