Lefty Gomez

All Lefty Gomez Quotes

• I'd rather be lucky than good Baseball
• A lot of things run through your head when you're going in to relieve in a tight spot. One of them was, "Should I spike… Head
• He (Jimmie Foxx) has muscles in his hair. Foxx
• Hell, Lou (Gehrig) it took fifteen years to get you out of a game. Sometimes I'm out in fifteen minutes. Fifteen
• I'm the guy that made Joe DiMaggio famous. Dimaggio
• I talked to the ball a lot of times in my career. I yelled, "Go foul. Go foul." Ball
• I want to thank all my teammates who scored so many runs and Joe DiMaggio, who ran down so many of my mistakes. All
• No one hit home runs the way Babe (Ruth) did. They were something special. They were like homing pigeons. The ball would leave the bat,… Babe
• The secret of my success was clean living and a fast outfield. Clean
• When Neil Armstrong first set foot on the moon, he and all the space scientists were puzzled by an unidentifiable white object. I knew immediately… All
• It's better to be lucky than good. Better
• I never had a bad night in my life, but I've had a few bad mornings. Bad
• When I first signed with the Yankees, the regulars wouldn't talk to you until you were with the team three or four years. Nowadays the… Baseball
• If you don't throw it, they can't hit it. Funny
• I've got a new invention. It's a revolving bowl for tired goldfish. Bowl
• One rule I had was make your best pitch and back up third base. That relay might get away and you've got another shot at… Another Shot
• I was the worst hitter ever. I never even broke a bat until last year when I was backing out of the garage. Backing
• I'd rather not throw the ball at all. All
• He knew he was Joe DiMaggio, and he knew what that meant to the country. Baseball

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