I spent 34 months on the battleship Alabama, South Dakota-class. I was a gun captain. First we went to Russia for about 11 months with the British convoys. Then we were up in Norway and Scandinavia. — Bob Feller Copy Share Image
I was only a gun captain on the battleship Alabama for 34 months. People have called me a hero for that, but I'll tell you this - heroes don't come home. Survivors come home. — Bob Feller Copy Share Image
My father kept me busy from dawn to dusk when I was a kid. When I wasn't pitching hay, hauling corn or running a… — Bob Feller Copy Share Image
There was great leadership in this country at the time of World War II. There was also unrelenting resolve at home, in America's factories… — Bob Feller Copy Share Image
Sympathy is something that shouldn't be bestowed upon the Yankees. Apparently it angers them. — Bob Feller Copy Share Image
Where the ball went was up to heaven. Sometimes I threw the ball clean up into the stands. — Bob Feller Copy Share Image
You figure they cheat at the ballpark, they'll cheat on the golf course, they'll cheat in business, and anything else in life. Players may… — Bob Feller Copy Share Image
I went on inactive duty in August 1945, and since I had stayed in such good shape and had played ball on military teams,… — Bob Feller Copy Share Image
Life comes down to honesty and doing what's right. That's what's most important. — Bob Feller Copy Share Image
I needed to join the Navy. If you ask the people in Europe who won World War II, they don't say the Allies, they… — Bob Feller Copy Share Image
The difference between relief pitching when I did it today is simple, there is too much of it. It's one of those cases where… — Bob Feller Copy Share Image
“Yankee Stadium, it’s like everything else in this country. In Europe, they save all their old buildings for history. Here, we just tear them… — Bob Feller Copy Share Image
The soldiers that didn't come back were the heroes. It's a roll of the dice. If a bullet has your name on it, you're… — Bob Feller Copy Share Image
I don't think baseball owes colored people anything. I don't think colored people owe baseball anything, either. — Bob Feller Copy Share Image
