Top 31 Most Inspiring Ty Cobb Quotes (BASEBALL)

Top 10 Most Famous Ty Cobb Quotes (BEST)

“When I played ball, I didn’t play for fun… It’s no pink tea, and mollycoddles had better stay out. It’s a contest and everything that implies, a struggle for supremacy, a survival of the fittest.”
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.

When I began playing the game, baseball was about as gentlemanly as a kick in the crotch.

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

I never could stand losing. Second place didn't interest me. I had a fire in my belly. — I never could stand losing. Second place didn’t interest me. I had a fire in my belly.

“The greatest thrill a ballplayer can have is when your son takes after you. That happened when my Bobby was in his championship Little League game. He really showed me something. Struck out three times. Made an error that lost the game. Parents were throwing things at our car and swearing at us as we drove off. Gosh, I was proud.”
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.

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

The successful baseball player does not drink, does not smoke, and does not chew. — The **successful** baseball player does not drink, **does not smoke**, and does not chew.

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.

9 Inspirational Ty Cobb Quotes About Baseball

“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 had sharp spikes on my shoes. If the baseman stood where he had no business to be and got hurt, that was his fault.”
Ty Cobb

Baseball is the greatest of all team games.

Baseball was one-hundred percent of my life.

It is characteristic of how we play the game - all out, all the time. — It is characteristic of how we play the game – all out, all the time.

The base hit is the only way that you can run the bases.

“The longer I live, the longer I realize that batting is more a mental matter than it is physical. The ability to grasp the bat, swing at the proper time, take a proper stance; all these are elemental. Batting is rather a study in psychology, a sizing up of a pitcher and catcher and observing little details that are of immense importance. It’s like the study of crime, the work of a detective as he picks up clues.”
Ty Cobb