Walter Johnson quotes
-
“Well I can't rightly say (which player hit the ball hardest), but the ones (home runs by) Ruth hit got smaller quicker.”
-- Walter Johnson -
“You can't hit what you can't see”
-- Walter JohnsonSource : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
-
“Can I throw harder than Joe Wood? Listen mister, no man alive can throw any harder than Smoky Joe Wood.”
-- Walter Johnson -
“(Bob) Feller isn't quite as fast as I was.”
-- Walter Johnson -
-
“I throw as hard as I can when I think I have to throw as hard as I can.”
-- Walter Johnson -
“I was the greenest rookie that ever was. One evening I was standing out on the sidewalk when a stranger approached and said, 'You're famous already kid. See, they've named a hotel for you.' I looked across the street and sure enough, there was a big illuminated sign that read 'Johnson Hotel.' Well, do you know that I was so green that I actually believed the man!”
-- Walter Johnson -
“Nobody saw it, he (Rogers Hornsby) hit it and it disappeared.”
-- Walter Johnson -
“The beanball is one of the meanest things on Earth and no decent fellow would use it. The beanball is a potential murderer. If I were a batter and thought the pitcher really tried to bean me, I'd be inclined to wait for him outside the park with a baseball bat.”
-- Walter Johnson -
-
“The cost of anything is the foregone alternative.”
-- Walter Johnson
You may also like:
-
Babe Ruth
Baseball player -
Bob Feller
Baseball player -
Bob Gibson
Baseball player -
Christy Mathewson
Baseball player -
Greg Maddux
Baseball player -
Honus Wagner
Baseball player -
John McGraw
Baseball player -
Lou Gehrig
Baseball player -
Mickey Mantle
Baseball player -
Nolan Ryan
Baseball player -
Randy Johnson
Baseball player -
Rogers Hornsby
Baseball Manager -
Sandy Koufax
Baseball player -
Shoeless Joe Jackson
Baseball athlete -
Smoky Joe Wood
Baseball player -
Ted Williams
Baseball player -
Tris Speaker
Baseball player -
Ty Cobb
Baseball player -
Warren Spahn
Baseball player -
Willie Mays
Baseball player