Top 17 Quotes & Sayings by Warren Spahn

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American athlete Warren Spahn.

Last updated on December 19, 2024.

Warren Edward Spahn was an American professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball as a left-handed pitcher in 1942 and then from 1946 until 1965, most notably for the Boston Braves, who became the Milwaukee Braves after the team moved west before the 1953 season. His baseball career was interrupted by his military service in the United States Army during the Second World War.

American - Athlete | April 23, 1921 - November 24, 2003

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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.

Warren Spahn

Hitting is timing. Pitching is upsetting timing.

Warren Spahn

When I throw a ground ball, I expect it to be an out, maybe two.

Warren Spahn

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

Warren Spahn

You don't just throw the ball - you propel it.

Warren Spahn

What is life, after all, but a challenge? And what better challenge can there be than the one between the pitcher and the hitter.

Warren Spahn

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.

Warren Spahn

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

Warren Spahn

Spahn and Sain and pray for rain.

Warren Spahn

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.

Warren Spahn

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

Warren Spahn

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

Warren Spahn

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.

Warren Spahn

[On Willie Mays] 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.

Warren Spahn

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

Warren Spahn

A good hitter has timing. A good pitcher upsets timing.

Warren Spahn