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Top 31 Most Inspiring Ty Cobb Quotes (BASEBALL)

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“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.
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.
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.
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.
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 is the greatest of all team games.
Baseball was one-hundred percent of my life.
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 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
A ball bat is a wondrous weapon.
A ball bat is a wondrous weapon.
I earned my reputation by busting my ass 24 hours a day.
I earned my reputation by busting my ass 24 hours a day.
No man has ever been a perfect ballplayer. Stan Musial, however, is the closest to being perfect in the game today.
No man has ever been a perfect ballplayer. Stan Musial, however, is the closest to being perfect in the game today.

3 Ty Cobb Quotes About other Baseball Players

Walter Johnson's fastball looked about the size of a watermelon seed and it hissed at you as it passed.
Walter Johnson‘s fastball looked about the size of a watermelon seed and it hissed at you as it passed.
He (Shoeless Joe Jackson) was the finest natural hitter in the history of the game.
He (Shoeless Joe Jackson) was the finest natural hitter in the history of the game.
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 hit to left field.
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 hit to left field.

9 Thought-provoking Ty Cobb Quotes that will Make You Think

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.
To get along with me, don't increase my tension.
To get along with me, don’t increase my tension.
I may have been fierce, but never low or underhand.
I may have been fierce, but never low or underhand.
The most important part of a player's body is above his shoulders.
The most important part of a player’s body is above his shoulders.
Just speed, raw speed, blinding speed, too much speed.
Just speed, raw speed, blinding speed, too much speed.
Don't look at me, look at yourself, you're the one out of position.
Don’t look at me, look at yourself, you’re the one out of position.
When two doctors pass each other on the street they wink at each other.
When two doctors pass each other on the street they wink at each other.
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.
Don't come home a failure.
Don’t come home a failure.

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