Think. Don't just swing. Think about the pitcher, what he threw you last time up, his best pitch, who's up next. Think.

There goes the greatest hitter who ever lived

Joe DiMaggio was the greatest all-around player I ever saw. His career can not be summed up in numbers and awards. It might sound corny, but he had a profound and lasting impact on the country.

I object to fishing tournaments less for what they do to fish than what they do to fishermen.

I don't want to take anything away from Roger Maris and Mickey Mantle. They're both great hitters, but they're batting against guys they never would have seen in previous years.

A man has to have goals - for a day, for a lifetime - and that was mine, to have people say, 'There goes Ted Williams, the greatest hitter who ever lived.'

Hitting is fifty percent above the shoulders.