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Ty Cobb quotes

American Athlete December 18, 1886 – July 17, 1961

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The great trouble with baseball today is that most of the players are in the game for the money and that's it, not for the love of it, the excitement of it, the thrill of it. Ty Cobb
Ty Cobb quote: "I had to fight all my life to survive. They were all against..."
I had to fight all my life to survive. They were all against m? but I beat the bastards and left them in the ditch. Ty Cobb
Ty Cobb quote: "Baseball was one-hundred percent of my life."
Baseball was one-hundred percent of my life. Ty Cobb
The base paths belonged to me, the runner. The rules gave me the right. I always went into a bag full speed, feet first. I had sharp spikes on my shoes. If the baseman stood where he had no business to be and got hurt, that was his fault. Ty Cobb
Ty Cobb quote: "Every great batter works on the theory that the pitcher is..."
Every great batter works on the theory that the pitcher is more afraid of him than he is of the pitcher. Ty Cobb
Baseball is a red-blooded sport for red-blooded men. It's no pink tea, and mollycoddles had better stay out. It's a struggle for supremacy, a survival of the fittest. Ty Cobb
The way those clubs shift against Ted Williams, I can't understand how he can be so stupid not to accept the challenge to him and hit to left field. Ty Cobb
Ty Cobb quote: "I've got to be first all the time? in everything."
I've got to be first all the time? in everything. Ty Cobb
Ty Cobb quote: "Don't come home a failure."
Don't come home a failure. Ty Cobb
Ty Cobb quote: "I regret to this day that I never went to college. I feel I..."
I regret to this day that I never went to college. I feel I should have been a doctor. Ty Cobb
Ty Cobb quote: "The great American game should be an unrelenting war of nerves."
The great American game should be an unrelenting war of nerves. Ty Cobb
Ty Cobb quote: "When I began playing the game, baseball was as gentlemanly as..."
When I began playing the game, baseball was as gentlemanly as a kick in the crotch. Ty Cobb
Ty Cobb quote: "Speed is a great asset; but it's greater when it's combined..."
Speed is a great asset; but it's greater when it's combined with quickness - and there's a big difference. Ty Cobb
Ty Cobb quote: "I have observed that baseball is not unlike a war, and when..."
I have observed that baseball is not unlike a war, and when you come right down to it, we batters are the heavy artillery. Ty Cobb
Ty Cobb quote: "I never could stand losing. Second place didn't interest me. I..."
I never could stand losing. Second place didn't interest me. I had a fire in my belly. Ty Cobb

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