Whitey Ford Quotes

"You kind of took it for granted around the Yankees that there was always going to be baseball in October."
- Whitey Ford
(Related: Baseball, October)

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

"The way to make coaches think you're in shape in the spring is to get a tan."
- Whitey Ford
(Related: Coaches, Spring)

"Sooner or later the arm goes bad. It has to... Sooner or later you have to start pitching in pain."
- Whitey Ford
(Related: Pain)

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

"I know Koufax' weakness. He can't hit."
- Whitey Ford
(Related: Weakness)

"Army life was rough. Would you believe it, they actually wanted me to pitch three times a week."
- Whitey Ford
(Related: Life, Army)

"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
(Related: Games, Hell)