Walter Johnson Quotations

I throw as hard as I can when I think I have to throw as hard as I can.

Can I throw harder than Joe Wood? Listen mister, no man alive can throw any harder than Smoky Joe Wood.

Women whose math and physical science skills are marginal would choose to go into another school, whereas the women who are really strong in those areas are very confident and know they can compete, ... An awful lot of the glass ceiling is because women choose to stay away from the fields where they could excel. I think sometimes they might feel like they're going to fail and they don't want to set themselves up for that.

I was expecting a big increase for a long time, but it just happened right now. I don't know many attorneys who are taking filings. I can't take any more.

We've been so busy. We've been working Saturdays and Sundays to get caught up. I'm turning down lots of phone calls now.

I've had people swing at me, ... I've had people faint on me. I had one man, he just kept pushing me. He just wanted to make sure he wasn't having a dream.

The beanball is one of the meanest things on Earth and no decent fellow would use it. The beanball is a potential murderer. If I were a batter and thought the pitcher really tried to bean me, I'd be inclined to wait for him outside the park with a baseball bat.

Nobody saw it, he (Rogers Hornsby) hit it and it disappeared.

I was the greenest rookie that ever was. One evening I was standing out on the sidewalk when a stranger approached and said, 'You're famous already kid. See, they've named a hotel for you.' I looked across the street and sure enough, there was a big illuminated sign that read 'Johnson Hotel.' Well, do you know that I was so green that I actually believed the man!

(Bob) Feller isn't quite as fast as I was.

You can't hit what you can't see

The cost of anything is the foregone alternative.

Well I can't rightly say (which player hit the ball hardest), but the ones (home runs by) Ruth hit got smaller quicker.