Top 25 Quotes by Ty Cobb of 36 - Page 2

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

Increase, Tension, Bases

Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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

Umpires, League, Three

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

Baseball, Fun, Play

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

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

Differences, Speed, Assets

Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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.

Stupid, Challenges, Clubs

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

School, Sunday, Boys

Most collisions out on the fields are needless.

Fields, Collision

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

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

Proud, Hardest

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

I've got to be first. ALL the time.

Leadership, Sports, Firsts

The crowd makes the ballgame.

Crowds, Ballgame

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

I'm coming down on the next pitch, Krauthead.

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