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I wish there was a painter who could paint as well as Ted Williams could hit. -- Jack Levine
Ted Williams was the greatest hitter I ever saw, but DiMaggio was the greatest all around player. -- Bob Feller
When I think about athletes, probably my favorite guest of all time among baseball players was Ted Williams. -- Charlie Rose
The way those clubs shift against Ted Williams, I can't understand how he can be so stupid not to accept the challenge to him and hit to left field. -- Ty Cobb
Ted Williams, an extraordinary hitter in his day, has said the swing starts in the hips, and Sosa arrived with one of the strongest lower bodies in the game. -- Bill Dedman
Ted Williams is one of the best hitters ever to play the game, and I didn't get a chance to see him play, so all I could do was read books and look at pictures. -- Tony Gwynn
I was a contact hitter my whole career but I learned how to handle the ball inside. And Ted Williams played a big part in that. He gave me the advice on how to handle inside pitches. -- Tony Gwynn
When I was a kid, man, my dad used to buy me the Ted Williams glove at Sears with the Ted Williams shoes with the eight stripes on 'em. I used to play Little League, and I was Ted Williams-ed out. -- Tony Gwynn
When Ted Williams was here, inducted into the Hall of Fame 37 years ago, he said he must have earned it, because he didn't win it because of his friendship with the writers. I guess in that way, I'm proud to be in this company that way. -- Eddie Murray
One guy that I wish was here right now, Ted Williams, helped me so much, our long talks, not about hitting but about fishing, one of Ted's passions, and I wish he was here today to share this with me because I owe so much to Ted Williams. -- Wade Boggs
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.' -- Ted Williams
The best hitter I ever saw was Ted Williams. -- Mickey Mantle
When we lose Fenway, we lose the sense that somebody sat here and watched Ted Williams hit. -- Bob Costas
Trying to sneak a fastball by Ted Williams was like trying to sneak a sunbeam by a rooster in the morning, -- Bob Feller
It is no more expected of most producers to read a book than it is, say, of Ted Williams to dust off home plate. -- Mordecai Richler
When you're a kid, what fun the game is! You grab a bat and glove and ball, that's it. I know what Ted Williams and Stan Musial meant when they said it got tougher to get in shape every year. -- Eddie Mathews
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. -- Ted Willams
Confidence oozed out of him. He took something away from you even before you threw a pitch (About Ted) Williams. -- Gene Conley

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