Author: Ty Cobb

Quotes

Don't come home a failure.

Don't come home a failure.

- Ty Cobb

Baseball was one-hundred percent of my life.

Baseball was one-hundred percent of my life.

- 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

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

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

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

The crowd makes the ballgame.

The crowd makes the ballgame.

- 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

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