Author: Ty Cobb

Quotes

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.

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.

- Ty Cobb

I regret to this day that I never went to college. I feel I should have been a doctor.

I regret to this day that I never went to college. I feel I should have been a doctor.

- Ty Cobb

The crowd makes the ballgame.

The crowd makes the ballgame.

- Ty Cobb

I have observed that baseball is not unlike a war, and when you come right down to it, we batters are the heavy artillery.

I have observed that baseball is not unlike a war, and when you come right down to it, we batters are the heavy artillery.

- Ty Cobb

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 love of it, the excitement of it, the thrill of it.

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 love of it, the excitement of it, the thrill of it.

- Ty Cobb

The great American game should be an unrelenting war of nerves.

The great American game should be an unrelenting war of nerves.

- Ty Cobb

Speed is a great asset; but it's greater when it's combined with quickness - and there's a big difference.

Speed is a great asset; but it's greater when it's combined with quickness - and there's a big difference.

- Ty Cobb

Every great batter works on the theory that the pitcher is more afraid of him than he is of the pitcher.

Every great batter works on the theory that the pitcher is more afraid of him than he is of the pitcher.

- Ty Cobb

Don't come home a failure.

Don't come home a failure.

- Ty Cobb

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