Quotes from Warren Spahn

Hitting is timing. Pitching is upsetting timing.

Home plate is 17 inches wide, but I ignore the middle 12 inches. I pitch to the two-and-a-half inches on each side.

I throw just as hard as ever - it just takes twice as long to get there.

A pitcher needs two pitches, one they're looking for and one to cross them up.

You don't just throw the ball - you propel it.

When I throw a ground ball, I expect it to be an out, maybe two.

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.

Hitting is timing. Pitching is upsetting timing.

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.

Once (Stan) Musial timed your fastball, your infielders were in jeopardy.