Second base is anything but magic. If it's anything at all, it's speed, sureness with your hands and lots of hard work. — Nellie Fox Copy Share Image
(Al) Lopez is a great believer in speed and hustle, in the go-go style of baseball. No other manager is so determined a foe of stodgy baseball, lack of hustle and slipshod practices and so powerful an advocate of the… — Nellie Fox Copy Share Image
What is the top requirement for a second baseman? A fine shortstop. I am fortunate in having the greatest shortstop in baseball, Luis Aparicio. — Nellie Fox Copy Share Image
We really had baseball in the family. Even that little habit I've got of chewing tobacco on the ball field sort of comes from… — Nellie Fox Copy Share Image
You don't have to be big to be a big leaguer. Look at Phil Rizzuto. He's really small and he's been one of the… — Nellie Fox Copy Share Image
(Jim) Landis is such a good player because he plays every day as if he expects to be sent to the minors next week. — Nellie Fox Copy Share Image
Second base is anything but magic. If it's anything at all, it's speed, sureness with your hands and lots of hard work. — Nellie Fox Copy Share Image
(Doc) Cramer told me I was hitting too much off the front foot and that I wasn't using the right kind of bat. I… — Nellie Fox Copy Share Image
All small men, all non-power hitters, must learn to bunt well. It's half your game. — Nellie Fox Copy Share Image
If a ballplayer is satisfied, he's going to slip. You have to keep fighting to improve. — Nellie Fox Copy Share Image
On two legs, Mickey Mantle would have been the greatest ballplayer who ever lived. — Nellie Fox Copy Share Image
(Al) Lopez is a great believer in speed and hustle, in the go-go style of baseball. No other manager is so determined a foe… — Nellie Fox Copy Share Image
No one had to tell me I was never going to be a home run hitter. I was hitting the same ball as the… — Nellie Fox Copy Share Image
