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> [When I played ball, I didn't play for fun.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ty-cobb/when-i-played-ball-i-didn-t-play-for-fun/)

[Ty Cobb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ty-cobb/)

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## More by Ty Cobb

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ty-cobb/every-man-in-the-game-from-the-minors-on-up-is-not-only-fighting/)

[Ty Cobb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ty-cobb/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ty-cobb/baseball-is-a-red-blooded-sport-for-red-blooded-men-it-s-no-pink-tea/)

[Ty Cobb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ty-cobb/)

> [I'm coming down on the next pitch, Krauthead.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ty-cobb/i-m-coming-down-on-the-next-pitch-krauthead/)

[Ty Cobb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ty-cobb/)

> [I had to fight all my life to survive. They were all against me... but I beat the bastards and left them in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ty-cobb/i-had-to-fight-all-my-life-to-survive-they-were-all-against-me-but-i/)

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> [A ball bat is a wondrous weapon.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ty-cobb/a-ball-bat-is-a-wondrous-weapon/)

[Ty Cobb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ty-cobb/)

> [The crowd makes the ballgame.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ty-cobb/the-crowd-makes-the-ballgame/)

[Ty Cobb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ty-cobb/)

> [Most collisions out on the fields are needless.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ty-cobb/most-collisions-out-on-the-fields-are-needless/)

[Ty Cobb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ty-cobb/)

> [The best recommendation for an umpire in the old days was: "He licked somebody in the Three-I League. He ought to do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ty-cobb/the-best-recommendation-for-an-umpire-in-the-old-days-was-he-licked/)

[Ty Cobb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ty-cobb/)

> [He batted against spitballs, shineballs, emeryballs and all the other trick deliveries. He never figured anything out or studied anything with the same scientific…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ty-cobb/he-batted-against-spitballs-shineballs-emeryballs-and-all-the-other/)

[Ty Cobb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ty-cobb/)

> [I may have been fierce, but never low or underhand.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ty-cobb/i-may-have-been-fierce-but-never-low-or-underhand/)

[Ty Cobb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ty-cobb/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ty-cobb/the-great-trouble-with-baseball-today-is-that-most-of-the-players-are/)

[Ty Cobb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ty-cobb/)

> [To get along with me, don't increase my tension.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ty-cobb/to-get-along-with-me-don-t-increase-my-tension/)

[Ty Cobb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ty-cobb/)

> [Don't come home a failure.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ty-cobb/don-t-come-home-a-failure/)

[Ty Cobb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ty-cobb/)

> [The great American game should be an unrelenting war of nerves.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ty-cobb/the-great-american-game-should-be-an-unrelenting-war-of-nerves/)

[Ty Cobb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ty-cobb/)

> [When I came to Detroit I was just a mild-mannered Sunday-school boy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ty-cobb/when-i-came-to-detroit-i-was-just-a-mild-mannered-sunday-school-boy/)

[Ty Cobb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ty-cobb/)

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