Quotes About Musial
"He could have hit .300 with a fountain pen." - Joe Garagiola
"How good was Stan Musial? He was good enough to take your breath away." - Vin Scully
"I've had pretty good success with Stan by throwing him my best pitch and backing up third." - Carl Erskine
"Once Musial timed your fastball, your infielders were in jeopardy." - Warren Spahn
"A couple years ago they told me I was too young to be president and you were too old to be playing baseball. But we fooled them." - President John F. Kennedy to Musial, at the 1962 All Star Game
Quotes From Musial
"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." â€" Stan Musial
"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." â€" Stan Musial
"I have a darn good job, but please don't ask me what I do." â€" Stan Musial
"I love to play this game of baseball - I love putting on this uniform." â€" Stan Musial
"I never realized that batting a little ball around could cause so much commotion. I now know how Lindbergh must have felt when he returned from St. Louis."
"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."
"The key to hitting for high average is to relax, concentrate, and don't hit the fly ball to center field."
"There is no one correct way to bat, and so of course there is no one correct stance for it."
"When a pitcher's throwing a spitball, don't worry and don't complain, just hit the dry side like I do."
"You wait for a strike, then you knock the shit out of it."
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