Top 34 Most Famous Stan Musial Quotes (BASEBALL)

Top 10 Most Famous Stan Musial Quotes (BEST)

Baseball is a lot like life. It's a day-to-day existence, full of ups and downs. You make the most of your opportunities in baseball as you do in life. — Baseball is a lot like **life**. It’s a day-to-day existence, full of ups and downs. You make the most of your **opportunities** in baseball as you do in life.

Hitting is timing. Pitching is upsetting timing.

Back in my day, we didn't think about money as much. We enjoyed playing the game. We loved baseball. I didn't think about anybody else but the Cardinals. — Back in my day, we didn’t think about **money** as much. We enjoyed playing the game. We loved baseball. I didn’t think about anybody else but the Cardinals.

It's not what you achieve, it's what you overcome. That's what defines your career. — It’s not what you achieve, it’s what you overcome. That’s what defines your **career**.

The biggest thing I ever learned in life was that I learned it all. What I learned is to take it all in stride. — The biggest thing I ever learned in **life** was that I learned it all. What I learned is to take it all in stride.

“I consciously memorized the speed at which every pitcher in the league threw his fastball, curve, and slider; then, I’d pick up the speed of the ball in the first thirty feet of its flight and knew how it would move once it had crossed the plate.”
Stan Musial

I guess I was never much of a salesman. I just got up there and did what I had to do.

You have to know yourself. If you are out of rhythm, it is not the time to start experimenting.

Don't look back. Something might be gaining on you. — Don’t look back. Something might be gaining on you.

The fans made me and supported me throughout my career, and I could not have done it without them. — The fans made me and supported me throughout my **career**, and I could not have done it without them.

18 Stan Musial Quotes About Baseball and Batting

“What made me sign with the Cardinals? Because they used salesmanship, the personal touch. Where others wrote, they talked. Where others waited, they acted. That early bird that got the worm must have been a Redbird.”
Stan Musial

Hitting is like swimming. Once you learn the stroke, you never forget it.

I could always hit. I learned to hit with a broomstick and a ball of tape and I could always get that bat on the ball.

The key to hitting for high average is to relax, concentrate, and don't hit the fly ball to center field. — The key to hitting for high average is to **relax**, **concentrate**, and don’t hit the fly ball to center field.

“It seemed like I always did some great hitting in Brooklyn. The field there was close to the stands. Every time I started walking to the plate, I could hear the fans say, ‘Here comes that man again. Here comes that man.'”
Stan Musial

I love to play this game of baseball - I love putting on this uniform. — I love to play this game of baseball – I love putting on this uniform.

There was never a day when I was as good as Joe DiMaggio at his best. Joe was the best, the very best I ever saw. — There was never a day when I was as good as **Joe DiMaggio** at his best. Joe was the best, the very best I ever saw.

The one unbreakable rule about hitting is this if a batter hits well with his own particular stance and swing, think twice - or more - before suggesting a change. — The one unbreakable rule about hitting is this: if a batter hits well with his own particular stance and swing, think twice – or more – before suggesting a **change**.

“I came up in 1941 and I played against men who played in the 1930s. I stayed until 1963 playing against men who will be playing in the 1970s. So I think I can feel qualified to say that baseball really was a great game, and baseball is really a great game, and baseball will always be a great game.”
Stan Musial

If you rush in and out of the clubhouse, you rush in and out of baseball.

There is no one correct way to bat, and so of course there is no one correct stance for it.

I started to crouch because that way I could guard the plate better, and I always wanted to hit .300 in the big leagues.

“A lot of hitters stay away from the plate, some are close up, some are forward, some are back. The thing about hitting is this: You have to know the strike zone. That’s the most important thing. Hit strikes and put the bat on the ball.”
Stan Musial

Always wanted to be a Major League player. Loved baseball. Followed it. Loved to play. Plus, I could always hit.

When a pitcher's throwing a spitball, don't worry and don't complain, just hit the dry side like I do. — When a pitcher’s throwing a spitball, don’t worry and don’t complain, just hit the dry side like I do.

I never realized that batting a little ball around could cause so much commotion. I now know how (Charles) Lindbergh must have felt when he returned from St. Louis.

“I think I had the smallest handle around. When I got my bats, I even trimmed them down. I used to scrape them. Some years later when I started getting older, I used to start with a 33 and in the summer it got down to 31 and then probably in September got down to 30.”
Stan Musial