Ty Cobb Quotes
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I had to fight all my life to survive. They were all against me... but I beat the bastards and left them in the ditch.
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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 the…
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I never could stand losing. Second place didn't interest me. I had a fire in my belly.
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To get along with me, don't increase my tension.
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I may have been fierce, but never low or underhand.
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Every great batter works on the theory that the pitcher is more afraid of him than he is of the pitcher.
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The base paths belonged to me, the runner. The rules gave me the right. I always went into a bag full speed, feet first. I…
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The way those clubs shift against Ted Williams, I can't understand how he can be so stupid not to accept the challenge to him and…
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I regret to this day that I never went to college. I feel I should have been a doctor.
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When I began playing the game, baseball was about as gentlemanly as a kick in the crotch.
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A ball bat is a wondrous weapon.
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Baseball was one-hundred percent of my life.
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He (Shoeless Joe Jackson) was the finest natural hitter in the history of the game.
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Speed is a great asset; but it's greater when it's combined with quickness - and there's a big difference.
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The great American game should be an unrelenting war of nerves.
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When I came to Detroit I was just a mild-mannered Sunday-school boy.
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The most important part of a player's body is above his shoulders.
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No man has ever been a perfect ballplayer. Stan Musial, however, is the closest to being perfect in the game today.
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Just speed, raw speed, blinding speed, too much speed.
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I'm coming down on the next pitch, Krauthead.
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