Quotes by Sandy Koufax

About Sandy Koufax:

Sanford "Sandy" Koufax is a retired American Major League Baseball (MLB) left-handed pitcher. He pitched twelve seasons for the Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers, from 1955 to 1966. Koufax, at age 36 in 1972, became the youngest player ever inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.
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Pitching is the art of instilling fear.

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

People who write about spring training not being necessary have never tried to throw a baseball.

Sandy Koufax

Show me a guy who can't pitch inside and I'll show you a loser.

Sandy Koufax

If there was any magic formula, it was getting to pitch every fourth day.

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 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

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

Author Bio

  • NameSandy Koufax
  • DescriptionAmerican baseball player
  • BornDecember 30, 1935
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionSportsperson; Baseball Player
  • AwardsMajor League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award