The first time I faced him I watched him take that easy windup and then something went past me that made me flinch. The thing just hissed with danger. We couldn't touch him... Every one of us knew we'd met… — Ty Cobb Copy Share Image
Every man in the game, from the minors on up, is not only fighting against the other side, but he's trying to hold onto… — Ty Cobb Copy Share Image
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… — Ty Cobb Copy Share Image
I had to fight all my life to survive. They were all against me... but I beat the bastards and left them in the… — Ty Cobb Copy Share Image
The best recommendation for an umpire in the old days was: "He licked somebody in the Three-I League. He ought to do. — Ty Cobb Copy Share Image
He batted against spitballs, shineballs, emeryballs and all the other trick deliveries. He never figured anything out or studied anything with the same scientific… — Ty Cobb Copy Share Image
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… — Ty Cobb Copy Share Image
