Ty Cobb Quotes, Thoughts and images

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.

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.

A ball bat is a wondrous weapon.

A ball bat is a wondrous weapon.

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.

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.

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.

Baseball was one-hundred percent of my life.

Baseball was one-hundred percent of my life.

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

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

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.

Just speed, raw speed, blinding speed, too much speed.

Just speed, raw speed, blinding speed, too much speed.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

That boy Mantle is a good one.

That boy Mantle is a good one.

The crowd makes the ballgame.

The crowd makes the ballgame.

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

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

Most collisions out on the fields are needless.

Most collisions out on the fields are needless.

Don't come home a failure.

Don't come home a failure.

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

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

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

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