19+ Sandy Koufax Quotes On Baseball, Dennis Menace And Nolan Ryan

Sandy Koufax is an American former professional baseball pitcher who played 12 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers, from 1955 to 1966. He was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1972 and is widely considered to be one of the greatest pitchers in baseball history. Koufax's career peaked with a run of six outstanding years from 1961 to 1966, during which he was one of the most dominant pitchers in the game. Following is our collection on famous quotes by Sandy Koufax on life, baseball, love.

I became a good pitcher when I stopped trying to make them miss the ball and started trying to make them hit it. — Sandy Koufax

People who write about spring training not being necessary have never tried to throw a baseball. — Sandy Koufax

Pitching is the art of instilling fear. — Sandy Koufax

A guy that throws what he intends to throw, that's the definition of a good pitcher. — Sandy Koufax

In the end it all comes down to talent. You can talk all you want about intangibles, I just don't know what that means. Talent makes winners, not intangibles. Can nice guys win? Sure, nice guys can win - if they're nice guys with a lot of talent. Nice guys with a little talent finish fourth, and nice guys with no talent finish last. — Sandy Koufax

The game has a cleanness. If you do a good job, the numbers say so. You don't have to ask anyone or play politics. You don't have to wait for the reviews. — Sandy Koufax

Show me a guy who can't pitch inside and I'll show you a loser. — Sandy Koufax

I can't picture people talking about me 50 years from now. — Sandy Koufax

If I could straighten it out (his golf swing), I'd be pitching at Dodger Stadium tonight. — Sandy Koufax

There is among us a far closer relationship than the purely social one of a fraternal organization because we are bound together not only by a single interest but by a common goal. To win. Nothing else matters, and nothing else will do. — Sandy Koufax

I can't believe that Babe Ruth was a better player than Willie Mays. (Babe) Ruth is to baseball what Arnold Palmer is to golf. He got the game moving. But I can't believe he could run as well as (Willie) Mays, and I can't believe he was any better an outfielder. — Sandy Koufax

I don't know if cortisone is good for you or not. But to take a shot every other ball game is more than I wanted to do and to walk around with a constant upset stomach because of the pills and to be high half the time during a ball game because you're taking painkillers ... I don't want to have to do that. — Sandy Koufax

I've got a lot of years to live after baseball and I would like to live them with the complete use of my body. — Sandy Koufax

If there was any magic formula, it was getting to pitch every fourth day. — Sandy Koufax

I don't think I've ever seen anybody with quicker hands than Soriano. — Sandy Koufax

The only time I really try for a strikeout is when I'm in a jam. If the bases are loaded with none out, for example, then I'll go for a strikeout. But most of the time I try to throw to spots. I try to get them to pop up or ground out. On a strikeout I might have to throw five or six pitches, sometimes more if there are foul-offs. That tires me. So I just try to get outs. That's what counts - outs. You win with outs, not strikeouts. — Sandy Koufax

It's better to throw a theoretically poorer pitch whole-heartedly, than to throw the so-called right pitch with feeling of doubt-doubt that's it's right, or doubt that you can make it behave well at that moment. You've got to feel sure you're doing the right thing-sure that you want to throw the pitch you're going to throw. — Sandy Koufax

I think it's incredible because there were guys like Mays and Mantle and Henry Aaron who were great players for ten years... I only had four or five good years. — Sandy Koufax

He's the strangest hitter in baseball. Figure him out one way and he'll kill you another. — Sandy Koufax

Life Lessons by Sandy Koufax

1. Sandy Koufax taught us the importance of hard work and dedication, as he worked tirelessly to become one of the greatest baseball players of all time.
2. He also showed us the power of perseverance, as he overcame injuries and adversity to become a successful athlete.
3. Finally, Sandy Koufax demonstrated the importance of having a good attitude and staying humble, even in the face of success and fame.