Sandy Koufax Quotes


"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
(Related: Goal, Interest, Nothing, Will)

"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
(Related: Politics, Job, Numbers, Play)

"Show me a guy who can't pitch inside and I'll show you a loser."
- Sandy Koufax
"Pitching is the art of instilling fear."
- Sandy Koufax
(Related: Art, Fear)

"People who write about spring training not being necessary have never tried to throw a baseball."
- Sandy Koufax
(Related: People, Baseball, Being, Spring, Training)

"If there was any magic formula, it was getting to pitch every fourth day."
- Sandy Koufax
(Related: Day, Formula, Magic)

"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
(Related: Baseball, Body, Years)

"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
(Related: Years)

"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
(Related: Trying)