Author: Bob Feller

Quotes

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 say the United States won the war and saved the world.

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 say the United States won the war and saved the world.

- Bob Feller

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 U.S.S. Alabama in the South Pacific.

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 U.S.S. Alabama in the South Pacific.

- Bob Feller

Baseball is only a game, a game of inches and a lot of luck. During a time of all-out war, sports are very insignificant.

Baseball is only a game, a game of inches and a lot of luck. During a time of all-out war, sports are very insignificant.

- Bob Feller

If you believe your catcher is intelligent and you know that he has considerable experience, it is a good thing to leave the game almost entirely in his hands.

If you believe your catcher is intelligent and you know that he has considerable experience, it is a good thing to leave the game almost entirely in his hands.

- Bob Feller

I was only a gun captain on the battleship Alabama for 34 months. People have called me a hero for that, but I'll tell you this - heroes don't come home. Survivors come home.

I was only a gun captain on the battleship Alabama for 34 months. People have called me a hero for that, but I'll tell you this - heroes don't come home. Survivors come home.

- Bob Feller

I did what any American could and should do: serve his country in its time of need.

I did what any American could and should do: serve his country in its time of need.

- Bob Feller

I try to be a good human being and keep up with what's going on in the world by reading and staying in touch with the current events.

I try to be a good human being and keep up with what's going on in the world by reading and staying in touch with the current events.

- Bob Feller

Life comes down to honesty and doing what's right. That's what's most important.

Life comes down to honesty and doing what's right. That's what's most important.

- Bob Feller

Nobody lives forever and I've had a blessed life.

Nobody lives forever and I've had a blessed life.

- Bob Feller

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