Ted Williams Quotations

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.

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.

People always told me that my natural ability and good eyesight were the reasons for my success as a hitter. They never talk about the practice, practice, practice.

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

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

The key to hitting is just plain working at it. Work, that's the real secret.

There goes the greatest hitter who ever lived

By the time you know what to do, you're too old to do it.

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

All I want out of life is that when I walk down the street, folks will say, "There goes the greatest hitter who ever lived."