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> [The secret of my success was clean living and a fast outfield.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lefty-gomez/the-secret-of-my-success-was-clean-living-and-a-fast-outfield/)

[Lefty Gomez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lefty-gomez/)

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## More by Lefty Gomez

> [If you don't throw it, they can't hit it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lefty-gomez/if-you-don-t-throw-it-they-can-t-hit-it/)

[Lefty Gomez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lefty-gomez/)

> [I'm something like the old soak who never knew whether his wife told him to take one drink and come home at 12, or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lefty-gomez/i-m-something-like-the-old-soak-who-never-knew-whether-his-wife-told/)

[Lefty Gomez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lefty-gomez/)

> [It's better to be lucky than good.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lefty-gomez/it-s-better-to-be-lucky-than-good/)

[Lefty Gomez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lefty-gomez/)

> [Hell, Lou (Gehrig) it took fifteen years to get you out of a game. Sometimes I'm out in fifteen minutes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lefty-gomez/hell-lou-gehrig-it-took-fifteen-years-to-get-you-out-of-a-game/)

[Lefty Gomez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lefty-gomez/)

> [A lot of things run through your head when you're going in to relieve in a tight spot. One of them was, "Should I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lefty-gomez/a-lot-of-things-run-through-your-head-when-you-re-going-in-to-relieve/)

[Lefty Gomez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lefty-gomez/)

> [Jimmy Foxx could hit me at midnight with the lights out.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lefty-gomez/jimmy-foxx-could-hit-me-at-midnight-with-the-lights-out/)

[Lefty Gomez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lefty-gomez/)

> [I talked to the ball a lot of times in my career. I yelled, "Go foul. Go foul."](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lefty-gomez/i-talked-to-the-ball-a-lot-of-times-in-my-career-i-yelled-go-foul-go/)

[Lefty Gomez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lefty-gomez/)

> [One rule I had was make your best pitch and back up third base. That relay might get away and you've got another shot…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lefty-gomez/one-rule-i-had-was-make-your-best-pitch-and-back-up-third-base-that/)

[Lefty Gomez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lefty-gomez/)

> [He's in a rut. Gehringer goes two for five on opening day and stays that way all season.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lefty-gomez/he-s-in-a-rut-gehringer-goes-two-for-five-on-opening-day-and-stays/)

[Lefty Gomez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lefty-gomez/)

> [He (Jimmie Foxx) has muscles in his hair.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lefty-gomez/he-jimmie-foxx-has-muscles-in-his-hair/)

[Lefty Gomez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lefty-gomez/)

> [Only triple I ever got.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lefty-gomez/only-triple-i-ever-got/)

[Lefty Gomez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lefty-gomez/)

> [I want to thank all my teammates who scored so many runs and Joe DiMaggio, who ran down so many of my mistakes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lefty-gomez/i-want-to-thank-all-my-teammates-who-scored-so-many-runs-and-joe/)

[Lefty Gomez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lefty-gomez/)

> [When Neil Armstrong first set foot on the moon, he and all the space scientists were puzzled by an unidentifiable white object. I knew…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lefty-gomez/when-neil-armstrong-first-set-foot-on-the-moon-he-and-all-the-space/)

[Lefty Gomez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lefty-gomez/)

> [I'm the guy that made Joe DiMaggio famous.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lefty-gomez/i-m-the-guy-that-made-joe-dimaggio-famous/)

[Lefty Gomez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lefty-gomez/)

> [You just can't imagine the kind of guy he was without seeing him play. He was a circus, a play, a movie, all rolled…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lefty-gomez/you-just-can-t-imagine-the-kind-of-guy-he-was-without-seeing-him-play/)

[Lefty Gomez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lefty-gomez/)

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