Top 9 Quotes & Sayings by Whitey Ford

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American athlete Whitey Ford.

Last updated on September 17, 2024.

Edward Charles "Whitey" Ford, nicknamed "the Chairman of the Board", was an American professional baseball pitcher who played his entire 16-year Major League Baseball (MLB) career with the New York Yankees. He was a 10-time All-Star and 6-time World Series champion. In 1961, he won both the Cy Young Award and World Series Most Valuable Player Award. Ford led the American League (AL) in wins three times and in earned run average (ERA) twice. He is the Yankees franchise leader in career wins (236), shutouts (45), innings pitched, and games started by a pitcher. Ford was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1974.

American - Athlete | Born: October 21, 1928

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Army life was rough. Would you believe it, they actually wanted me to pitch three times a week.

Whitey Ford

I know Koufax' weakness. He can't hit.

Whitey Ford

The way to make coaches think you're in shape in the spring is to get a tan.

Whitey Ford

There's no easier pitch to hit than a splitter that doesn't do anything.

Whitey Ford

You would be amazed how many important outs you can get by working the count down to where the hitter is sure you're going to throw to his weakness, and then throw to his power instead.

Whitey Ford

You kind of took it for granted around the Yankees that there was always going to be baseball in October.

Whitey Ford

I never threw the spitter, well maybe once or twice when I really needed to get a guy out real bad.

Whitey Ford

Hell, if I didn't drink drink or smoke, I'd win twenty games every year. It's easy when you don't drink or smoke or horse around.

Whitey Ford

Sooner or later the arm goes bad. It has to... Sooner or later you have to start pitching in pain.

Whitey Ford