Ball Quote by 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…

— Stan Musial

I never knew how to throw a fastball, never learned how to throw a curveball, a slider, split-finger, whatever they're throwing nowadays. I was…

— Phil Niekro

I try to do two things: locate my fastball and change speeds. That's it. I try to keep as simple as possible. I just…

— Greg Maddux

I used to throw the ball in the air and just hammer it up the middle and run around the bases, back and forth…

— Juan Soto

In the split second from the time the ball leaves the pitcher's hand until it reaches the plate you have to think about your…

— Duke Snider

I learned to bat and bowl on different pitches and knew when to go hard and when to back off. It was just something…

— Garfield Sobers

I learnt the slower ball in the post-1992 period after I saw Franklin Stevenson of the West Indies in the county circuit. I would…

— Wasim Akram

I learned how to defend the ball with my body and to be faster than my opponents.

— Paulo Dybala

When Bryan Price taught me how to throw a changeup, he made me see myself. All my life, I've been the equivalent of a…

— Eric Liu

You visualize [pitches]. You see it in your head; you think it...I used to play every pitcher in my mind before I went to…

— Hank Aaron

My curveball is a blessing. My father taught it to me. He felt that it was a pitch he wanted me to learn, right…

— Gio Gonzalez

I couldn't tell you my first memory of playing baseball because I just did it before I knew anything.

— Chris Sale