--- title: "10 Pitching Quotes By Bob Feller" description: "10 Pitching quotes by Bob Feller. Plus more from Bob Feller and more Pitching sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/166/bob-feller-17595_baseball_i-would-rather-beat-the-yankees-regularl_1363516.jpg" --- > [I would rather beat the Yankees regularly than pitch a no hit game.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-feller/i-would-rather-beat-the-yankees-regularly-than-pitch-a-no-hit-game/) [Bob Feller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-feller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/166/bob-feller-17595_baseball_i-would-rather-beat-the-yankees-regularl_1363516.jpg) > [I just reared back and let them go.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-feller/i-just-reared-back-and-let-them-go/) [Bob Feller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-feller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/927/bob-feller-17595_funny_i-just-reared-back-and-let-them-go-22746_2274697.jpg) > [Nowadays, they have more trouble packing hair dryers than baseball equipment.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-feller/nowadays-they-have-more-trouble-packing-hair-dryers-than-baseball/) [Bob Feller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-feller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3ba/bob-feller-17595_baseball_nowadays-they-have-more-trouble-packing_1341904.jpg) > [Sympathy is something that shouldn't be bestowed on the Yankees. Apparently it angers them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-feller/sympathy-is-something-that-shouldn-t-be-bestowed-on-the-yankees/) [Bob Feller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-feller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f98/bob-feller-17595_pitching_sympathy-is-something-that-shouldn-t-be_1893277.jpg) > [Where the ball went was up to heaven. Sometimes I threw the ball clean up into the stands.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-feller/where-the-ball-went-was-up-to-heaven-sometimes-i-threw-the-ball-clean/) [Bob Feller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-feller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/38d/bob-feller-17595_balls_where-the-ball-went-was-up-to-heaven-som_103311.jpg) > [The difference between relief pitching when I did it today is simple, there is too much of it. It's one of those…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-feller/the-difference-between-relief-pitching-when-i-did-it-today-is-simple/) [Bob Feller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-feller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b79/bob-feller-17595_cases_the-difference-between-relief-pitching-w_865981.jpg) > [When I pick up the ball and it feels nice and light and small I know I'm going to have a good…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-feller/when-i-pick-up-the-ball-and-it-feels-nice-and-light-and-small-i-know/) [Bob Feller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-feller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2ce/bob-feller-17595_balls_when-i-pick-up-the-ball-and-it-feels-nic_1794606.jpg) > [My father kept me busy from dawn to dusk when I was a kid. When I wasn't pitching hay, hauling corn or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-feller/my-father-kept-me-busy-from-dawn-to-dusk-when-i-was-a-kid-when-i-wasn/) [Bob Feller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-feller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/845/bob-feller-17595_barns_my-father-kept-me-busy-from-dawn-to-dusk_25312.jpg) > [When you make a bad pitch and the hitter puts it out of the park and you cost your team the game,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-feller/when-you-make-a-bad-pitch-and-the-hitter-puts-it-out-of-the-park-and/) [Bob Feller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-feller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c82/bob-feller-17595_able_when-you-make-a-bad-pitch-and-the-hitter_2654903.jpg) > [You figure they cheat at the ballpark, they'll cheat on the golf course, they'll cheat in business, and anything else in life.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-feller/you-figure-they-cheat-at-the-ballpark-they-ll-cheat-on-the-golf/) [Bob Feller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-feller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/66c/bob-feller-17595_ballparks_you-figure-they-cheat-at-the-ballpark-th_105224.jpg) ## Other authors on Pitching ## More by Bob Feller > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-feller/my-father-kept-me-busy-from-dawn-to-dusk-when-i-was-a-kid-when-i-wasn/) [Bob Feller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-feller/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-feller/there-was-great-leadership-in-this-country-at-the-time-of-world-war/) [Bob Feller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-feller/) > [Sympathy is something that shouldn't be bestowed upon the Yankees. Apparently it angers them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-feller/sympathy-is-something-that-shouldn-t-be-bestowed-upon-the-yankees/) [Bob Feller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-feller/) > [Where the ball went was up to heaven. Sometimes I threw the ball clean up into the stands.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-feller/where-the-ball-went-was-up-to-heaven-sometimes-i-threw-the-ball-clean/) [Bob Feller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-feller/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-feller/you-figure-they-cheat-at-the-ballpark-they-ll-cheat-on-the-golf/) [Bob Feller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-feller/) > [I went on inactive duty in August 1945, and since I had stayed in such good shape and had played ball on military teams,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-feller/i-went-on-inactive-duty-in-august-1945-and-since-i-had-stayed-in-such/) [Bob Feller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-feller/) > [Life comes down to honesty and doing what's right. That's what's most important.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-feller/life-comes-down-to-honesty-and-doing-what-s-right-that-s-what-s-most/) [Bob Feller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-feller/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-feller/i-needed-to-join-the-navy-if-you-ask-the-people-in-europe-who-won/) [Bob Feller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-feller/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-feller/the-difference-between-relief-pitching-when-i-did-it-today-is-simple/) [Bob Feller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-feller/) > [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-feller/yankee-stadium-it-s-like-everything-else-in-this-country-in-europe/) [Bob Feller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-feller/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-feller/the-soldiers-that-didn-t-come-back-were-the-heroes-it-s-a-roll-of-the/) [Bob Feller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-feller/) > [I don't think baseball owes colored people anything. I don't think colored people owe baseball anything, either.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-feller/i-don-t-think-baseball-owes-colored-people-anything-i-don-t-think/) [Bob Feller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-feller/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-feller/i-spent-34-months-on-the-battleship-alabama-south-dakota-class-i-was/) [Bob Feller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-feller/) > [You can talk about teamwork on a baseball team, but I'll tell you, it takes teamwork when you have 2,900 men stationed on the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-feller/you-can-talk-about-teamwork-on-a-baseball-team-but-i-ll-tell-you-it/) [Bob Feller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-feller/) > [“Every day is a new opportunity. You can build on yesterday's success or put its failures behind and start over again. That's the way…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-feller/every-day-is-a-new-opportunity-you-can-build-on-yesterday-s-success/) [Bob Feller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-feller/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/pitching/bob-feller/#itemlist", "name": "10 Pitching Quotes By Bob Feller", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I would rather beat the Yankees regularly than pitch a no hit game.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Bob Feller" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-feller/i-would-rather-beat-the-yankees-regularly-than-pitch-a-no-hit-game/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/166/bob-feller-17595_baseball_i-would-rather-beat-the-yankees-regularl_1363516.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/166/bob-feller-17595_baseball_i-would-rather-beat-the-yankees-regularl_1363516.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/166/bob-feller-17595_baseball_i-would-rather-beat-the-yankees-regularl_1363516.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I would rather beat the Yankees regularly than pitch a no hit game.” — Bob Feller", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I just reared back and let them go.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Bob Feller" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-feller/i-just-reared-back-and-let-them-go/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/927/bob-feller-17595_funny_i-just-reared-back-and-let-them-go-22746_2274697.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/927/bob-feller-17595_funny_i-just-reared-back-and-let-them-go-22746_2274697.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/927/bob-feller-17595_funny_i-just-reared-back-and-let-them-go-22746_2274697.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I just reared back and let them go.” — Bob Feller", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Nowadays, they have more trouble packing hair dryers than baseball equipment.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Bob Feller" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-feller/nowadays-they-have-more-trouble-packing-hair-dryers-than-baseball/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3ba/bob-feller-17595_baseball_nowadays-they-have-more-trouble-packing_1341904.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3ba/bob-feller-17595_baseball_nowadays-they-have-more-trouble-packing_1341904.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3ba/bob-feller-17595_baseball_nowadays-they-have-more-trouble-packing_1341904.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Nowadays, they have more trouble packing hair dryers than baseball equipment.” — Bob Feller", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Sympathy is something that shouldn't be bestowed on the Yankees. 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