I went on inactive duty in August 1945, and since I had stayed in such good shape and had played ball on military teams, I was ready to start for the Indians just two days later, against the Tigers. — 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
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
Sympathy is something that shouldn't be bestowed upon the Yankees. Apparently it angers them. — Bob Feller Copy Share
Where the ball went was up to heaven. Sometimes I threw the ball clean up into the stands. — Bob Feller Copy Share
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
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
Life comes down to honesty and doing what's right. That's what's most important. — Bob Feller Copy Share
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
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
“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
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
I don't think baseball owes colored people anything. I don't think colored people owe baseball anything, either. — Bob Feller Copy Share
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… — Bob Feller Copy Share
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… — Bob Feller Copy Share
“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… — Bob Feller Copy Share
