"I had a pretty good fast ball, and I had a good overhand curve ball, which was known as the 'drop' ball. And then I had what they call sliders now. I had what is called a sidearm curve ball--palm down. I had a slider, an 'out-shoot' and a curve ball all on the same pitch."

"All the years I played, I never got a hit off him. He threw fire." - Buck Leonard

"Willie Foster's greatness was that he had this terrific spped and a great, fast-breaking curve ball and a drop ball, and he was really a master of the change-of-pace. He could throw you a real fast one and then use the same motion and bring it up a little slower, and then a little slower yet. And then he'd use the same motion again, and Z-zzzz!" - Dave Malarcher