Quotes by Sandy Koufax

A guy that throws what he intends to throw, that's the definition of a good pitcher.
– Sandy Koufax
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 can't believe that Babe Ruth was a better player than Willie Mays. Ruth is to baseball what Arnold Palmer is to golf. He got the game moving. But I can't believe he could run as well as Mays, and I can't believe he was any better an outfielder.
– Sandy Koufax
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
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
If there was any magic formula, it was getting to pitch every fourth day.
– Sandy Koufax
People who write about spring training not being necessary have never tried to throw a baseball.
– Sandy Koufax
Pitching is the art of instilling fear.
– Sandy Koufax
Show me a guy who can't pitch inside and I'll show you a loser.
– Sandy Koufax
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
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