Ty Cobb Quotes - Page 2

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• Every man in the game, from the minors on up, is not only fighting against the other side, but he's trying to hold onto his own job against those on his own bench who'd love to take it away. Why deny this? Why minimize it? Why not boldly admit it?

  Ty Cobb

  Jobs, Fighting, Men

  Ty Cobb, Al Stump (1961). “My Life in Baseball: The True Record”, p.280, U of Nebraska Press

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• That boy Mantle is a good one.

  Ty Cobb

  Baseball, Boys

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

  Ty Cobb

  Differences, Speed, Assets

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• To get along with me, don't increase my tension.

  Ty Cobb

  Increase, Tension, Bases

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• When I played ball, I didn't play for fun.

  Ty Cobb

  Baseball, Fun, Play

  Ty Cobb, Al Stump (1961). “My Life in Baseball: The True Record”, p.280, U of Nebraska Press

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• The best recommendation for an umpire in the old days was: "He licked somebody in the Three-I League. He ought to do.

  Ty Cobb

  Umpires, League, Three

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• When I came to Detroit I was just a mild-mannered Sunday-school boy.

  Ty Cobb

  School, Sunday, Boys

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• Most collisions out on the fields are needless.

  Ty Cobb

  Fields, Collision

  "My Life In Baseball : The True Record". Book by Ty Cobb, Ch. 17 : You Field with Your Head Too, p. 224, 1961.

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• I've been called one of the hardest bargainers who ever held out, and I'm proud of it.

  Ty Cobb

  Proud, Hardest

  Ty Cobb, Al Stump (1961). “My Life in Baseball: The True Record”, p.76, U of Nebraska Press

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• I've got to be first. ALL the time.

  Ty Cobb

  Leadership, Sports, Firsts

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• The crowd makes the ballgame.

  Ty Cobb

  Crowds, Ballgame

  Ty Cobb (2003). “Busting 'Em and Other Big League Stories”, p.23, McFarland

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