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17 Walter Johnson Quotes on Life & Baseball (SUCCESS)

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Top 10 Most Famous Walter Johnson Quotes (BEST)

The best way to get a fastball by the hitter is for it to be a high inside fastball.
The best way to get a fastball by the hitter is for it to be a high inside fastball.
You can't hit what you can't see; I float like a butterfly and sting like a bee!
You can’t hit what you can’t see; I float like a butterfly and sting like a bee!
Can I throw harder than Joe Wood Listen mister, no man alive can throw any harder than Smokey Joe Wood.
Can I throw harder than Joe Wood? Listen mister, no man alive can throw any harder than Smokey Joe Wood.
I throw as hard as I can when I think I have to throw as hard as I can.
I throw as hard as I can when I think I have to throw as hard as I can.
The greatest lesson I've learned in all my years in baseball is that the hardest hit ball is the one that is kept on the ground.
The greatest lesson I’ve learned in all my years in baseball is that the hardest hit ball is the one that is kept on the ground.
The game must be played with the heart.
The game must be played with the heart.
When I pitch, I forget everything, including all the pain.
When I pitch, I forget everything, including all the pain.
There is but one thing for a pitcher to do—get the ball past the batter as quickly as possible.
There is but one thing for a pitcher to do—get the ball past the batter as quickly as possible.
The curve is only an illusion, a mere distraction to the batter while the ball is speeding toward him.
The curve is only an illusion, a mere distraction to the batter while the ball is speeding toward him.
You're not out to win a prize for theory. You're out to win.
You’re not out to win a prize for theory. You’re out to win.

4 Walter Johnson Quotes About Baseball & Pitching

Pitching always has been and always will be the heart of baseball.
Pitching always has been and always will be the heart of baseball.
Control is what kept me in the major leagues for so long. It wasn't my fastball.
Control is what kept me in the major leagues for so long. It wasn’t my fastball.
I pitched my whole career on instinct.
I pitched my whole career on instinct.
Well I can't rightly say (which player hit the ball hardest), but the ones (home runs by) Ruth hit got smaller quicker.
Well I can’t rightly say (which player hit the ball hardest), but the ones (home runs by) Ruth hit got smaller quicker.

3 Walter Johnson Quotes that will Make You Think

“I was the greenest rookie that ever was. One evening I was standing out on the sidewalk when a stranger approached and said, ‘You’re famous already kid. See, they’ve named a hotel for you.’ I looked across the street and sure enough, there was a big illuminated sign that read ‘Johnson Hotel.’ Well, do you know that I was so green that I actually believed the man!”

Walter Johnson
The cost of anything is the foregone alternative.
The cost of anything is the foregone alternative.

“The beanball is one of the meanest things on Earth and no decent fellow would use it. The beanball is a potential murderer. If I were a batter and thought the pitcher really tried to bean me, I’d be inclined to wait for him outside the park with a baseball bat.”

Walter Johnson

(MUST READ) Walter Johnson: Baseball’s Big Train

Walter Johnson: Baseball's Big Train
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