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
I became a good pitcher when ...
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Pitching is the art of instilling fear.
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
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
People who write about spring training not being necessary have never tried to throw a baseball.
Sandy Koufax
I think it's incredible because there were guys like (Willie) Mays and (Mickey) Mantle and Henry Aaron who were great players for ten years... I only had four or five good years.
Sandy Koufax
