Ted Williams
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12 quotes we’ve traced to Ted Williams
“Hitting a baseball — I've said it a thousand times — is the single most difficult thing to do in sport”
Verified“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”
Verified“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.'”
Attributed“Baseball is the only field of endeavor where a man can succeed three times out of ten and be considered a good performer”
Attributed“By the time you know what to do, you're too old to do it”
Attributed“God gets you to the plate, but once you're there you're on your own”
Attributed“I'd have been a .290 hitter without a Louisville Slugger”
Attributed“I've found that you don't need to wear a necktie if you can hit”
Attributed“If you don't think too good, don't think too much”
Attributed“The only thing dumber than a pitcher is two pitchers”
Attributed“They invented the All-Star game for Willie Mays”
Attributed“Golf is the only sport where the ball doesn't move until you hit it”
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