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

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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Baseball was one-hundred percent of my life... 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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Every great batter works on the theory that the pitcher is more afraid of him than he is of the pitcher... 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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Speed is a great asset.. 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 crowd makes the ballgame... view

By: Ty Cobb

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I regret to this day that I never went to college. I feel I should have been a doctor... view

By: Ty Cobb

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I may have been fierce, but never low or underhand... 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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