"A pitcher needs two pitches, one they're looking for and one to cross them up." Source: Widely Attributed

"A sore arm is like a headache or a toothache. It can make you feel bad, but if you just forget about it and do what you have to do, it will go away. If you really like to pitch and you want to pitch, that's what you'll do."

"He was something like zero for twenty-one the first time I saw him. His first major league hit was a home run off me and I'll never forgive myself. We might have gotten rid of Willie (Mays) forever if I'd only struck him out."

"Hitting is timing. Pitching is upsetting timing." Source: Widely Attributed

"I felt like, wow what a great way to make a living. If I goof up, there's going to be a relief pitcher coming in there. Nobody's going to shoot (he had just returned from WWII) me." Source: USA Today (May 25, 1990)

"I'm probably the only guy who worked for (Casey) Stengel before and after he was a genius." Source: Sports Illustrated (August 20, 1973)

"Once (Stan) Musial timed your fastball, your infielders were in jeopardy." Source: Widely Attributed

"The difference between winning nineteen games and winning twenty for a pitcher is bigger than anyone out of baseball realizes. It's the same for hitters - someone who hits .300 looks back on the guy who batted .295 and says 'tough luck buddy." Source: My Greatest Day in Baseball (John P. Carmichael, 1968)

"Twenty games is the magic figure for pitchers - .300 is the magic figures for batters. It pays off in salary and reputation. And those are the two things that keep a ballplayer in business."

"What is life, after all, but a challenge? And what better challenge can there be than the one between the pitcher and the hitter."

"When I throw a ground ball, I expect it to be an out, maybe two." Source: Widely Attributed

"You don't just throw the ball - you propel it." Source: Pitching to Win (Raymond L. Hicks, 1973)

"If anybody asks me who my favorite pitcher of all-time is, I say Warren Spahn." - Whitey Ford in An Indian Summer: The 1957 Milwaukee Braves Champions of Baseball (Thad Mumau, 2007)

"I don't know if we're the oldest battery, but we're certainly the ugliest." - Yogi Berra in 1965

"I don't think (Warren) Spahn will ever get into the Hall of Fame. He'll never stop pitching." - Stan Musial

"The things he can remember about pitching just amaze me, " says Fred Haney, the Braves' manager. "Spahnie studies. He can pitch to a certain hitter in a certain way and get him out. Another pitcher can't. The thing that impreses me most about him, though, is his spirit. He's the oldest guy on the club, but he works the hardest. He's my 'go-to-sleep' pitcher. I know when he's due to pitch the next day, I can get a good night's sleep the night before." - The Braves Encyclopedia (Gary Caruso, 1995)

Quotes From & About Warren Spahn