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

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Ted Williams
Age: 83 †
Born: 1918
Born: August 30
Died: 2002
Died: July 5
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The key to hitting is just plain working at it. Work, that's the real secret.
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A man has to have goals - for a day, for a lifetime.
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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.'
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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.
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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.
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The Cleveland Cavaliers just offered me a full-time job and a house! A house! A house!
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I object to fishing tournaments less for what they do to fish than what they do to fishermen.
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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.
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You've got to be ready for the fastball.
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Think. Don't just swing. Think about the pitcher, what he threw you last time up, his best pitch, who's up next. Think.
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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.
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Joe DiMaggio was the greatest all-around player I ever saw. His career can not be summed up in numbers and awards. It might sound corny, but he had a profound and lasting impact on the country.
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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.
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All managers are losers, they are the most expendable pieces of furniture on the face of the Earth.
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If I was being paid thirty-thousand dollars a year, the very least I could do was hit .400.
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I don't want to take anything away from Roger Maris and Mickey Mantle. They're both great hitters, but they're batting against guys they never would have seen in previous years.
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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!
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Just keep going. Everybody gets better if they keep at it.
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