36 Motivational Ted Williams Quotes (BASEBALL)

Top 12 Most Famous Ted Williams Quotes (BEST)

“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

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. — 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.

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.' — 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.’

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

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. — 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.

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

“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

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. — 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.

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

I think without question the toughest single thing for me was to play baseball when I was so far from my mother.

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

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! — 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!

5 Inspirational Ted Williams Quotes on Success

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

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

If you don't think too good, don't think too much. — If you don’t think too good, don’t think too much.

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.' — 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.’

If I’m gonna be a champion, I want to win as a champion. I’m staying in to the end. — If I’m gonna be a **champion**, I want to win as a champion. I’m staying in to the end.

15 Ted Williams Quotes About Playing Baseball

“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

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

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

“(Joe) DiMaggio was the greatest all-around player I ever saw. His career cannot be summed up in numbers and awards. It might sound corny, but he had a profound and lasting impact on the country.”
Ted Williams

Hitting is fifty percent above the shoulders.

There's the base hit, and then there's the kind of hit that makes the pitcher think you're in his pocket. — There’s the base hit, and then there’s the kind of hit that makes the pitcher think you’re in his pocket.

Hitting is the most important part of the game. It is where the big money is, where much of the status is, and the fan interest. — Hitting is the most important part of the game. It is where the big **money** is, where much of the status is, and the fan interest.

“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

It's the greatest feeling when you hit a line drive right at somebody. — It’s the greatest feeling when you hit a line drive right at somebody.

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

I hope somebody hits .400 soon. Then people can start pestering that guy with questions about the last guy to hit .400.

“There has always been a saying in baseball that you can’t make a hitter, but I think you can improve a hitter. More than you can improve a fielder. More mistakes are made hitting than in any other part of the game.”
Ted Williams

You've got to be ready for the fastball. — You’ve got to be ready for the fastball.

You have to hit the fastball to play in the big leagues.

Baseball's future Bigger and bigger, better and better! No question about it, it's the greatest game there is! — Baseball’s **future**? Bigger and bigger, better and better! No question about it, it’s the greatest game there is!

4 Deep Ted Williams Quotes that will Make You 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.”
Ted Williams