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I consciously memorized the speed at which every pitcher in the league threw his fastball, curve, and slider; then, I'd pick up the speed of the ball in the first thirty feet of its flight and knew how it would move once it had crossed the plate.

source: - "Stan Musial, baseball great, dies at 92", www.sfgate.com. January 19, 2013.

Topics: Moving, Feet, Curves, Fastballs

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I love to play this game of baseball. I love putting on the uniform.

Topics: Baseball, Play, Games

The one unbreakable rule about hitting is this: if a batter hits well with his own particular stance and swing, think twice - or more - before suggesting a change.

Topics: Thinking, Swings, Hitting, Think Twice, Suggesting

I started to crouch because that way I could guard the plate better, and I always wanted to hit .300 in the big leagues.

source: - "Musial was gentleman killer" by Larry Schwartz, www.espn.com.

Topics: League, Way, Plates

I never realized that batting a little ball around could cause so much commotion. I now know how (Charles) Lindbergh must have felt when he returned from St. Louis.

Topics: Causes, Balls, Littles

Always wanted to be a Major League player. Loved baseball. Followed it. Loved to play. Plus, I could always hit.

Topics: Baseball, Player, League, Major League

I'm a musician. I play harmonica for relaxation. A good way to relax and entertain people. An excellent way to have fun.

Topics: Fun, Play, People, Harmonicas

What I try to do is never to hurt anybody else and figure if I don't, then I'm not likely to get hurt myself.

Topics: Hurt, Trying, Figures

Get eight hours of sleep regularly. Keep your weight down, run a mile a day.

Topics: Running, Sleep, Eight

A lot of hitters stay away from the plate, some are close up, some are forward, some are back. The thing about hitting is this: You have to know the strike zone. That's the most important thing. Hit strikes and put the bat on the ball.

source: - "Talking hitting with Stan Musial and Tony Gwynn". Sporting News Magazine Interview, www.sportingnews.com. July 28, 1997.

Topics: Important, Hitting, Bats

Back in my day, we didn't think about money as much. We enjoyed playing the game. We loved baseball. I didn't think about anybody else but the Cardinals.

Topics: Baseball, Thinking, Games

Used to be bats had thick handles and a big barrel. Then they found it's not the size of the bat that gets home runs - it's the speed with which you can swing it.

Topics: Running, Home, Swings

It seemed like I always did some great hitting in Brooklyn. The field there was close to the stands. Every time I started walking to the plate, I could hear the fans say, 'Here comes that man again. Here comes that man.'

source: - Mike Eisenbath, Stan Musial (1999). “The Cardinals Encyclopedia”, p.251, Temple University Press

Topics: Men, Brooklyn, Hitting

Hitting is like swimming. Once you learn the stroke, you never forget it.

Topics: Swimming, Hitting, Never Forget

Unless you give it all you've got, there isn't any sense in playing,

Topics: Giving

I learned to hit with a broomstick and a ball of tape and I could always get that bat on the ball.

source: - "Talking hitting with Stan Musial and Tony Gwynn". Sporting News Magazine Interview, www.sportingnews.com. July 28, 1997.

Topics: Balls, Bats, Tape, Broomsticks

There was never a day when I was as good as Joe DiMaggio at his best. Joe was the best, the very best I ever saw.

source: - "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

Topics: Saws

There is no one correct way to bat, and so of course there is no one correct stance for it.

Topics: Bats, Way, Stance

The key to hitting for high average is to relax, concentrate, and don't hit the fly ball to center field.

source: - "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

Topics: Baseball, Average, Keys, Center Field

The first principle of contract negotiations is don't remind them of what you did in the past - tell them what you're going to do in the future.

source: - "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

Topics: Past, Principles, Firsts

I think I had the smallest handle around. When I got my bats, I even trimmed them down. I used to scrape them. Some years later when I started getting older, I used to start with a 33 and in the summer it got down to 31 and then probably in September got down to 30.

source: - "Talking hitting with Stan Musial and Tony Gwynn". Sporting News Magazine Interview, www.sportingnews.com. July 28, 1997.

Topics: Summer, Thinking, Years

What made me sign with the Cardinals? Because they used salesmanship, the personal touch.

Topics: Used, Made, Cardinals, Salesmanship, Personal Touch

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