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Famous Ty Cobb Quotes
“When I played ball, I didn't play for fun.”
“When two doctors pass each other on the street they wink at each other.”
“I never could stand losing. Second place didn't interest me. I had a fire in my belly.”
“I regret to this day that I never went to college. I feel I should have been a doctor.”
“When I began playing the game, baseball was about as gentlemanly as a kick in the crotch.”
“A ball bat is a wondrous weapon.”
“He (Shoeless Joe Jackson) was the finest natural hitter in the history of the game.”
“The great American game should be an unrelenting war of nerves.”
“When I came to Detroit I was just a mild-mannered Sunday-school boy.”
“The most important part of a player's body is above his shoulders.”
“I've been called one of the hardest bargainers who ever held out, and I'm proud of it.”
“The crowd makes the ballgame.”