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

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... view

By: Ty Cobb

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

By: Ty Cobb

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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... view

By: Ty Cobb

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

By: Ty Cobb

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

By: Ty Cobb

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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... view

By: Ty Cobb

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Speed is a great asset.. view

By: Ty Cobb

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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... view

By: Ty Cobb

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

By: Ty Cobb

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Don't come home a failure... view

By: Ty Cobb

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Baseball is a red-blooded sport for red-blooded men. It's no pink tea, and mollycoddles had better stay out. It's a struggle for supremacy, a survival of the fittest... view

By: Ty Cobb

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The crowd makes the ballgame... view

By: Ty Cobb

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