26 Quotes by Warren Spahn

Once (Stan) Musial timed your fastball, your infielders were in jeopardy.

Spahn and Sain and pray for rain,

I throw just as hard as ever - it just takes twice as long to get there.

The difference between winning nineteen games and winning twenty for a pitcher is bigger than anyone out of baseball realizes. It's the same for hitters - someone who hits .300 looks back on the guy who batted .295 and says 'tough luck buddy.

Home plate is 17 inches wide, but I ignore the middle 12 inches. I pitch to the two-and-a-half inches on each side.

I'll never forgive myself. We might have gotten rid of Willie forever if I'd only struck him out.

He was something like zero for twenty-one the first time I saw him. His first major league hit was a home run off me and I'll never forgive myself. We might have gotten rid of Willie (Mays) forever if I'd only struck him out.

I'm probably the only guy who worked for (Casey) Stengel before and after he was a genius.

Gentlemen, for the first 60 feet that was a hell of a pitch.