Ted Williams
Ted Williams
Theodore Samuel "Ted" Williamswas an American professional baseball player and manager. He played his entire 19-year Major League Baseballcareer as a left fielder for the Boston Red Sox from 1939–1942 and 1946–1960. Nicknamed "The Kid", "The Splendid Splinter", "Teddy Ballgame", "The Thumper" and "The Greatest Hitter Who Ever Lived", Williams is regarded as one of the greatest hitters in baseball history...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth30 August 1918
CitySan Diego, CA
CountryUnited States of America
The hardest thing to do in baseball is to hit a round baseball with a round bat, squarely.
They invented the All-Star game for Willie Mays.
God gets you to the plate, but once you're there you're on your own.
The most fun I ever had in my life was hittin' a baseball. And the best sound I ever heard in my life was a ball hit with a bat. Powww!
I've found in life the more you practice, the better you get. If you want something enough and work hard to get it, your chances of success are greater.
It's a funny thing, but, as years go by, I think you appreciate more and more what a great thing it was to be a United States Marine... People will tell me what a shame it was I had to go back into the service a second time, but I'm kinda glad I did.. Besides, I am a U.S. Marine and I'll be one till I die.
Think. Don't just swing. Think about the pitcher, what he threw you last time up, his best pitch, who's up next. Think.
All the bullets and all the bombs that explode all over the world won't leave the impact, when all is said and done, of a dollar bill dropped in the Jimmy Fund pot by a warm heart and a willing hand. You should be proud and happy to know that your contribution will someday help some kid to a better life.
It was always fun for me, I loved baseball so darn much. By the hours I practiced, you'd have to say I was working a lot of hours, but it was pretty near tireless fun for me. I'd rather swing a bat than do anything else in the world.
No one has come up with a substitute for hard work.
Baseball gives every American boy a chance to excel, not just to be as good as someone else but to be better than someone else. This is the nature of man and the name of the game.
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.'
Just keep going. Everybody gets better if they keep at it.
Baseball is the only field of endeavor where a man can succeed three times out of ten and be considered a good performer.