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Ted Williams

(1918–2002) Military Officer

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Ted Williams was a military officer, best known for Mountains (Earthforms).

Quick Facts About Ted Williams

Born: August 30, 1918
Died: July 5, 2002
Profession: Military Officer
Notable works: Mountains (Earthforms)

About Ted Williams

Theodore Samuel Williams was an American professional baseball player and manager. He played his entire 19-year Major League Baseball (MLB) career, primarily as a left fielder, for the Boston Red Sox from 1939 to 1960; his career was interrupted by military service during World War II and the Korean War. Nicknamed "Teddy Ballgame", "the Kid", "the Splendid Splinter", and "the Thumper", Williams is widely regarded as one of the greatest hitters in baseball history, and is the last player to hit over .400 in a season.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Quotes by Ted Williams · Page 2

If I was being paid thirty-thousand dollars a year, the very least I could do was hit .400.

Dollars

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The Cleveland Cavaliers just offered me a full-time job and a house! A house! A house!

Cleveland

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I hope somebody hits .400 soon. Then people can start pestering that guy with questions about the last guy to hit .400.

Guy

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I object to fishing tournaments less for what they do to fish than what they do to fishermen.

Boat

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A man has to have goals - for a day, for a lifetime - and that was mine, to have people say,…

Goals

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There goes the greatest hitter who ever lived

Baseball

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No one has come up with a substitute for hard work.

Come up

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Just keep going. Everybody gets better if they keep at it.

Athlete

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No one can ever see the ball hit the bat because it's physically impossible to focus your eyes that way. However, when…

Balls

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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…

Balls

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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.

Baseball

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Hitting is fifty percent above the shoulders.

Fifty

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You've got to be ready for the fastball.

Fastballs

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If you don't think too good, don't think too much.

Too much

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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…

Mad

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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…

Allegiance

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People always told me that my natural ability and good eyesight were the reasons for my success as a hitter. They never…

Ability

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The hardest thing to do in baseball is to hit a round baseball with a round bat, squarely.

Baseball

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God gets you to the plate, but once you're there you're on your own.

Athlete

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