Baseball Quotes 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.

— 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…

— 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…

— 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.

— Nellie Fox

I don't think anyone ever liked to play more than I did.

— 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.

— 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…

— Nellie Fox

All small men, all non-power hitters, must learn to bunt well. It's half your game.

— Nellie Fox

If a ballplayer is satisfied, he's going to slip. You have to keep fighting to improve.

— Nellie Fox

On two legs, Mickey Mantle would have been the greatest ballplayer who ever lived.

— 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…

— 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…

— Nellie Fox