Ted Williams Quotes

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• 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.

  Ted Williams

  Baseball, Hard Work, Practice

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  No one has come up with a substitute for hard work.

  Ted Williams

  Hard Work, Substitutes, Come Up

  Ted Williams, John Underwood (1969). “My turn at Bat: the story of my life”, Simon & Schuster

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• 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.

  Ted Williams

  Marine, Thinking, Years

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  Baseball is the only field of endeavor where a man can succeed three times out of ten and be considered a good performer.

  Ted Williams

  Sports, Baseball, Athlete

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Just keep going. Everybody gets better if they keep at it.

  Ted Williams

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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• The hardest thing to do in baseball is to hit a round baseball with a round bat, squarely.

  Ted Williams

  Baseball, Bats, Hardest

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• 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.

  Ted Williams

  Motivational, Practice, People

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• If you don't think too good, don't think too much.

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  Funny, Thinking, Too Much

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  There's only one way to become a hitter. Go up to the plate and get mad. Get mad at yourself and mad at the pitcher.

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  Sports, Mad, Way

  "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

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• God gets you to the plate, but once you're there you're on your own.

  Ted Williams

  Sports, Athlete, Plates

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

  Ted Williams

  Sports, Reality, Knows

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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

  Ted Williams

  Real, Work, Keys

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• A man has to have goals - for a day, for a lifetime.

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  Baseball, Men, Goal

  Ted Williams, John Underwood (1988). “My Turn at Bat: The Story of My Life”, p.7, Simon and Schuster

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  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.'

  Ted Williams

  Inspirational, Baseball, Men

  Ted Williams, John Underwood (1988). “My Turn at Bat: The Story of My Life”, p.7, Simon and Schuster

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• 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.

  Ted Williams

  Leadership, Sports, Baseball

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  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.

  Ted Williams

  Baseball, Boys, Men

  Ted Williams, Jim Prime (1998). “Ted Williams' Hit List”, Masters Press

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• Think. Don't just swing. Think about the pitcher, what he threw you last time up, his best pitch, who's up next. Think.

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  Baseball, Thinking, Swings

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• No one can ever see the ball hit the bat because it's physically impossible to focus your eyes that way. However, when I hit the ball especially hard, I could smell the leather start to burn as it struck the wooden bat.

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  Eye, Smell, Focus

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• 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.

  Ted Williams

  Heart, Kids, Impact

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• I've found that you don't need to wear a necktie if you can hit.

  Ted Williams

  Baseball, Needs, Neckties

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• 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!

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  Baseball, Fun, Sound

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• You've got to be ready for the fastball.

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  Sports, Ready, Fastballs

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• If I was being paid thirty-thousand dollars a year, the very least I could do was hit .400.

  Ted Williams

  Sports, Years, Dollars

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• 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."

  Ted Williams

  Volleyball, Want, Great Baseball

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• If you get fooled by a pitch with less than two strikes, take it.

  Ted Williams

  Motivational, Baseball, Two

  Ted Williams, John Underwood (1988). “My Turn at Bat: The Story of My Life”, p.144, Simon and Schuster

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