Ted Williams

"Gee, I wish I could play here just one season just to see what I could do."

"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."

"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…"

"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."

"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."

"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."

"If there was ever a man born to be a hitter it was me."