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> [If a ballplayer is satisfied, he's going to slip. You have to keep fighting to improve.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nellie-fox/if-a-ballplayer-is-satisfied-he-s-going-to-slip-you-have-to-keep/)

[Nellie Fox](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nellie-fox/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/25e/nellie-fox-34203_ballplayer_if-a-ballplayer-is-satisfied-he-s-going_2282972.jpg)

> [On two legs, Mickey Mantle would have been the greatest ballplayer who ever lived.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nellie-fox/on-two-legs-mickey-mantle-would-have-been-the-greatest-ballplayer-who/)

[Nellie Fox](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nellie-fox/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8e1/nellie-fox-34203_ballplayer_on-two-legs-mickey-mantle-would-have-bee_2516409.jpg)

## More by Nellie Fox

> [What is the top requirement for a second baseman? A fine shortstop. I am fortunate in having the greatest shortstop in baseball, Luis Aparicio.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nellie-fox/what-is-the-top-requirement-for-a-second-baseman-a-fine-shortstop-i/)

[Nellie Fox](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nellie-fox/)

> [We really had baseball in the family. Even that little habit I've got of chewing tobacco on the ball field sort of comes from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nellie-fox/we-really-had-baseball-in-the-family-even-that-little-habit-i-ve-got/)

[Nellie Fox](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nellie-fox/)

> [You don't have to be big to be a big leaguer. Look at Phil Rizzuto. He's really small and he's been one of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nellie-fox/you-don-t-have-to-be-big-to-be-a-big-leaguer-look-at-phil-rizzuto-he/)

[Nellie Fox](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nellie-fox/)

> [(Jim) Landis is such a good player because he plays every day as if he expects to be sent to the minors next week.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nellie-fox/jim-landis-is-such-a-good-player-because-he-plays-every-day-as-if-he/)

[Nellie Fox](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nellie-fox/)

> [I don't think anyone ever liked to play more than I did.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nellie-fox/i-don-t-think-anyone-ever-liked-to-play-more-than-i-did/)

[Nellie Fox](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nellie-fox/)

> [Second base is anything but magic. If it's anything at all, it's speed, sureness with your hands and lots of hard work.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nellie-fox/second-base-is-anything-but-magic-if-it-s-anything-at-all-it-s-speed/)

[Nellie Fox](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nellie-fox/)

> [(Doc) Cramer told me I was hitting too much off the front foot and that I wasn't using the right kind of bat. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nellie-fox/doc-cramer-told-me-i-was-hitting-too-much-off-the-front-foot-and-that/)

[Nellie Fox](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nellie-fox/)

> [All small men, all non-power hitters, must learn to bunt well. It's half your game.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nellie-fox/all-small-men-all-non-power-hitters-must-learn-to-bunt-well-it-s-half/)

[Nellie Fox](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nellie-fox/)

> [If a ballplayer is satisfied, he's going to slip. You have to keep fighting to improve.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nellie-fox/if-a-ballplayer-is-satisfied-he-s-going-to-slip-you-have-to-keep/)

[Nellie Fox](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nellie-fox/)

> [On two legs, Mickey Mantle would have been the greatest ballplayer who ever lived.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nellie-fox/on-two-legs-mickey-mantle-would-have-been-the-greatest-ballplayer-who/)

[Nellie Fox](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nellie-fox/)

> [(Al) Lopez is a great believer in speed and hustle, in the go-go style of baseball. No other manager is so determined a foe…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nellie-fox/al-lopez-is-a-great-believer-in-speed-and-hustle-in-the-go-go-style/)

[Nellie Fox](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nellie-fox/)

> [No one had to tell me I was never going to be a home run hitter. I was hitting the same ball as the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nellie-fox/no-one-had-to-tell-me-i-was-never-going-to-be-a-home-run-hitter-i-was/)

[Nellie Fox](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nellie-fox/)

> [On October 19, 1949, I got a telephone call from the Philadelphia (A's) front office informing me I had been traded to the White…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nellie-fox/on-october-19-1949-i-got-a-telephone-call-from-the-philadelphia-a-s/)

[Nellie Fox](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nellie-fox/)

> [We won (the pennant) because we've got a superior ball club. Not many stars perhaps, but the kind of team that always plays well…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nellie-fox/we-won-the-pennant-because-we-ve-got-a-superior-ball-club-not-many/)

[Nellie Fox](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nellie-fox/)

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