26 Quotes by Warren Spahn

Hitting is timing. Pitching is upsetting timing.

You don’t just throw the ball – you propel it.

A pitcher needs two pitches, one they’re looking for and one to cross them up.

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

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

Twenty games is the magic figure for pitchers – .300 is the magic figures for batters. It pays off in salary and reputation. And those are the two things that keep a ballplayer in business.

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.

A sore arm is like a headache or a toothache. It can make you feel bad, but if you just forget about it and do what you have to do, it will go away. If you really like to pitch and you want to pitch, that’s what you’ll do.