The hardest thing to do in baseball is to hit a round baseball with a round bat, squarely. Ted Williams More Quotes by Ted Williams More Quotes From Ted Williams 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 athlete baseball sports 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 hard-work baseball practice No one has come up with a substitute for hard work. Ted Williams substitutes come-up hard-work 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 practice motivational people 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 years thinking Just keep going. Everybody gets better if they keep at it. Ted Williams motivational inspirational life 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 men boys 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 baseball inspirational men If you don't think too good, don't think too much. Ted Williams too-much funny thinking God gets you to the plate, but once you're there you're on your own. Ted Williams plates athlete sports 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. Ted Williams mad sports way 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 baseball leadership sports The key to hitting is just plain working at it. Work, that's the real secret. Ted Williams keys real work 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 impact heart kids If I was being paid thirty-thousand dollars a year, the very least I could do was hit .400. Ted Williams dollars sports years Think. Don't just swing. Think about the pitcher, what he threw you last time up, his best pitch, who's up next. Think. Ted Williams swings baseball thinking By the time you know what to do, you're too old to do it. Ted Williams knows sports reality 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! Ted Williams baseball sound fun A man has to have goals - for a day, for a lifetime. Ted Williams goal baseball men 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. Ted Williams smell focus eye
