39 Quotes by Stan Musial

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.

The key to hitting for high average is to relax, concentrate, and don’t hit the fly ball to center field.

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.

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.

I’m a musician. I play harmonica for relaxation. A good way to relax and entertain people. An excellent way to have fun.

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.

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.’

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.

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.