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Hmmm... wait until Foxx sees me hit.
— Ted Williams
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Ted Williams
military officer, baseball player
1918 – 2002
Theodore Samuel Williams was an American professional baseball player and manager. He played his entire 19-year Major League Baseball (MLB) career, primarily as a left fielder, for the Boston Red Sox from 1939 to 1960; his career was interrupted by military service during World War II and the Korean War. Nicknamed "Teddy Ballgame", "the Kid", "the Splendid Splinter", and "the Thumper", Williams is widely regarded as one of the greatest hitters in baseball history in addition to being the last player to hit over .400 in an MLB season.
All Quotes by Ted Williams
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I sure have. I'd like to break every hitting record in the books. When I walk down the street, I'd like for them to say, "There goes Ted Williams, the best hitter in baseball."
— Ted Williams
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Gee, I wish I could play here just one season just to see what I could do.
— Ted Williams
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You know why that's my favorite hit? Well, they say that the only other two players who ever hit one over there were Ruth and Gehrig. But now they have to say "only Ruth, Gehrig and Williams ever hit one over there.' Yes sir, that's putting the old string bean in some pretty fast company when they say that.
— Ted Williams
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If I'm gonna be a champion, I want to win as a champion. I'm staying in to the end.
— Ted Williams
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The unbelievable part about the Babe, of course, was that he hit only 34 homers in the first two-thirds of the season and then smacked 26 homers in the final third. Wow! What a way to finish!
— Ted Williams
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Why do they cheer me for hitting a homer and then boo me for grounding out the next time up. I'm still the same guy, ain't I? They can all go to hell. I'll never tip my cap to them.
— Ted Williams
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Batting coaches are just as important as pitching coaches. Lefty O'Doul gave me good advice when he said: "Don't ever let them change you." I also asked for help from Cobb, Foxx and Hornsby.
— Ted Williams
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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
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Any pitcher throwing sinkers and hard sliders.
— Ted Williams
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A kid copies what is good. I remember the first time I saw Lefty O'Doul, and he was as far away as those palms. And I saw the guy come to bat in batting practice. I was looking through a knothole, and I said, "Geez, does that guy look good!" And it was Lefty O'Doul, one of the greatest hitters ever.
— Ted Williams
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If you don't think too good, don't think too much.
— Ted Williams
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I hope somebody hits .400 soon. Then people can start pestering that guy with questions about the last guy to hit .400.
— Ted Williams
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God gets you to the plate, but once your there your on your own.
— Ted Williams