Inspirational Quotes, Motivational Sayings, and Wise Words for Daily Inspiration

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I was the greenest rookie that ever was. One evening I was standing out on the sidewalk when a stranger approached and said, 'You're famous already kid. See, they've named a hotel for you.' I looked across the street and sure enough, there was a big illuminated sign that read 'Johnson Hotel.' Well, do you know that I was so green that I actually believed the man!

Walter Johnson's Popular Quotes

The beanball is one of the meanest things on Earth and no decent fellow would use it. The beanball is a potential murderer. If I were a batter and th…

- Walter Johnson

The cost of anything is the foregone alternative.

- Walter Johnson

I was the greenest rookie that ever was. One evening I was standing out on the sidewalk when a stranger approached and said, 'You're famous already k…

- Walter Johnson

Nobody saw it, he (Rogers Hornsby) hit it and it disappeared.

- Walter Johnson

You can't hit what you can't see; I float like a butterfly and sting like a bee!

- Walter Johnson

Well I can't rightly say (which player hit the ball hardest), but the ones (home runs by) Ruth hit got smaller quicker.

- Walter Johnson

(Bob) Feller isn't quite as fast as I was.

- Walter Johnson

Can I throw harder than Joe Wood? Listen mister, no man alive can throw any harder than Smoky Joe Wood.

- Walter Johnson

I throw as hard as I can when I think I have to throw as hard as I can.

- Walter Johnson