17 Whitey Ford Quotes on Life & Baseball (PITCHING)

Top 10 Most Famous Whitey Ford Quotes (BEST)

“You would be amazed how many important outs you can get by working the count down to where the hitter is sure you’re going to throw to his weakness, and then throw to his power instead.”
Whitey Ford

Pitching is the art of instilling fear. — Pitching is the art of instilling **fear**.

Hell, if I didn't drink drink or smoke, I'd win twenty games every year. It's easy when you don't drink or smoke or horse around. — Hell, if I didn’t drink drink or smoke, I’d win twenty games every year. It’s easy when you don’t drink or smoke or horse around.

It's a pretty good pitch to hit, but it's an even better pitch to miss on. — It’s a pretty good pitch to hit, but it’s an even better pitch to miss on.

My family is crazy about the Yankees. They are the ones who got me to be a Yankee fan. They are the ones who have always pushed me. — My **family** is crazy about the Yankees. They are the ones who got me to be a Yankee fan. They are the ones who have always pushed me.

“Pitching is the most important part of the game and, until last year, I never had a season when I wasn’t at least trying to win some kind of title. All I’ve ever wanted to be is consistent.”
Whitey Ford

I had that sharp drop on my fastball, and if I could get you to take that sharp curve, I'd just slip the fastball by you. Then I started getting a lot of strikeouts. — I had that sharp drop on my fastball, and if I could get you to take that sharp curve, I’d just slip the fastball by you. Then I started getting a lot of strikeouts.

There's no easier pitch to hit than a splitter that doesn't do anything. — There’s no easier pitch to hit than a splitter that doesn’t do anything.

I never threw the spitter, well maybe once or twice when I really needed to get a guy out real bad.

Sooner or later the arm goes bad. It has to… Sooner or later you have to start pitching in pain.

3 Whitey Ford Quotes on Baseball & Pitching

You kind of took it for granted around the Yankees that there was always going to be baseball in October.

Army life was rough. Would you believe it, they actually wanted me to pitch three times a week.

The way to make coaches think you're in shape in the spring is to get a tan. — The way to make coaches think you’re in shape in the spring is to get a tan.

4 Whitey Ford Quotes on Other Baseball Players

“They can talk about Babe Ruth and Ty Cobb and Rogers Hornsby and Lou Gehrig and Joe DiMaggio and Stan Musial and all the rest, but I’m sure not one of them could hold cards and spades to (Ted) Williams in his sheer knowledge of hitting. He studied hitting the way a broker studies the stock market, and could spot at a glance mistakes that others couldn’t see in a week.”
Whitey Ford