Stan Musial quotes
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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.”
-- Stan MusialSource : "Stan Musial, baseball great, dies at 92", www.sfgate.com. January 19, 2013.
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“I love to play this game of baseball. I love putting on the uniform.”
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“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.”
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“I started to crouch because that way I could guard the plate better, and I always wanted to hit .300 in the big leagues.”
-- Stan MusialSource : "Musial was gentleman killer" by Larry Schwartz, www.espn.com.
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“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.”
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“Always wanted to be a Major League player. Loved baseball. Followed it. Loved to play. Plus, I could always hit.”
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“I'm a musician. I play harmonica for relaxation. A good way to relax and entertain people. An excellent way to have fun.”
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“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.”
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“Get eight hours of sleep regularly. Keep your weight down, run a mile a day.”
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“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.”
-- Stan MusialSource : "Talking hitting with Stan Musial and Tony Gwynn". Sporting News Magazine Interview, www.sportingnews.com. July 28, 1997.
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“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.”
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“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.”
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“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.'”
-- Stan MusialSource : Mike Eisenbath, Stan Musial (1999). “The Cardinals Encyclopedia”, p.251, Temple University Press
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“Hitting is like swimming. Once you learn the stroke, you never forget it.”
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“Unless you give it all you've got, there isn't any sense in playing,”
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“I learned to hit with a broomstick and a ball of tape and I could always get that bat on the ball.”
-- Stan MusialSource : "Talking hitting with Stan Musial and Tony Gwynn". Sporting News Magazine Interview, www.sportingnews.com. July 28, 1997.
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“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.”
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“There is no one correct way to bat, and so of course there is no one correct stance for it.”
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“The key to hitting for high average is to relax, concentrate, and don't hit the fly ball to center field.”
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“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.”
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