I could always hit. I learned to hit with a broomstick and a ball of tape and I could always get that bat on the ball.
Interpretation
The quote emphasizes the importance of practice and resourcefulness in achieving success.
In this quote, Stan Musial reflects on the idea that dedication and creativity can lead to skill development, even with minimal resources. His experience of learning to hit using a broomstick and a ball of tape demonstrates that determination and innovation can allow one to overcome obstacles and achieve their goals, suggesting that success is a product of effort and adaptability.
In practice
During a motivational speech to athletes about the importance of practice.
I came up in 1941 and I played against men who played in the 1930s. I stayed until 1963 playing against men who will be playing in the 1970s. So I think I can feel qualified to say that baseball really was a great game, and baseball is really a great game, and baseball will always be a great game.
Be relentless in your pursuit for expansion.
I find that if the day is terrible but I worked out, at the end of the day I can go, 'Well, I had a good workout'. Almost no matter what happens.
If you want to reach a goal, you must 'see the reaching' in your own mind before you actually arrive at your goal.
The answer to the big questions in running is the same as the answer to the big questions in life: Do the best with what you've got.
But indefinite visions of ambition are weak against the ease of doing what is habitual or beguilingly agreeable; and we all know the difficulty of carrying out a resolve when we secretly long that it may turn out to be unnecessary. In such states of mind the most incredulous person has a private leaning towards miracle: impossible to conceive how our wish could be fulfilled, still - very wonderful things have happened!
And then he sank back and tried, as usual, not to think. He must succeed. That's what the world was made for. That's what he was made for. That was what he would have to do.
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