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Bob Feller quotes

Athlete November 3, 1918 – December 15, 2010

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My father loved baseball and he cultivated my talent. I don't think he ever had any doubt in his mind that I would play professional baseball someday. Bob Feller
Every day is a new opportunity. You can build on yesterday's success or put its failures behind and start over again. That's the way life is, with a new game every day. Bob Feller
Bob Feller quote: "Nobody lives forever and I've had a blessed life."
Nobody lives forever and I've had a blessed life. Bob Feller
Bob Feller quote: "Life comes down to honesty and doing what's right. That's..."
Life comes down to honesty and doing what's right. That's what's most important. Bob Feller
My father kept me busy from dawn to dusk when I was a kid. When I wasn't pitching hay, hauling corn or running a tractor, I was heaving a baseball into his mitt behind the barn... If all the parents in the country followed his rule, juvenile delinquency would be cut in half in a year's time. Bob Feller
When I pick up the ball and it feels nice and light and small I know I'm going to have a good day. But if I picked it up and it's big and heavy, I know I'm liable to get into a little trouble. Bob Feller
There was great leadership in this country at the time of World War II. There was also unrelenting resolve at home, in America's factories and on the farms, in the cities and the country. Bob Feller
If you believe your catcher is intelligent and you know that he has considerable experience, it is a good thing to leave the game almost entirely in his hands. Bob Feller
Bob Feller quote: "Baseball is only a game, a game of inches and a lot of luck...."
Baseball is only a game, a game of inches and a lot of luck. During a time of all-out war, sports are very insignificant. Bob Feller
Bob Feller quote: "I don't think baseball owes colored people anything. I don't..."
I don't think baseball owes colored people anything. I don't think colored people owe baseball anything, either. Bob Feller
Bob Feller quote: "I'm no hero. Heroes don't come back. Survivors return home...."
I'm no hero. Heroes don't come back. Survivors return home. Heroes never come home. If anyone thinks I'm a hero, I'm not. Bob Feller
The difference between relief pitching when I did it today is simple, there is too much of it. It's one of those cases where more is not necessarily better. Bob Feller
I needed to join the Navy. If you ask the people in Europe who won World War II, they don't say the Allies, they say the United States won the war and saved the world. Bob Feller
The soldiers that didn't come back were the heroes. It's a roll of the dice. If a bullet has your name on it, you're a hero. If you hear a bullet go by, you're a survivor. Bob Feller
Yankee Stadium, it’s like everything else in this country. In Europe, they save all their old buildings for history. Here, we just tear them all down. Bob Feller

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