Speed is a great asset; but it's greater when it's combined with quickness - and there's a big difference. — Ty Cobb Copy Share Image
The base paths belonged to me, the runner. The rules gave me the right. I always went into a bag full speed,… — Ty Cobb Copy Share Image
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… — Ty Cobb Copy Share Image
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… — Ty Cobb Copy Share Image
I had to fight all my life to survive. They were all against me... but I beat the bastards and left them in the… — Ty Cobb Copy Share Image
The best recommendation for an umpire in the old days was: "He licked somebody in the Three-I League. He ought to do. — Ty Cobb Copy Share Image
He batted against spitballs, shineballs, emeryballs and all the other trick deliveries. He never figured anything out or studied anything with the same scientific… — Ty Cobb Copy Share Image
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… — Ty Cobb Copy Share Image
