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Quotes from My Life In Baseball : The True Record — Ty Cobb

1886–1961 United States

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

My Life In Baseball : The True Record (1961)

As a base-runner, I had some pretty radical ideas.

My Life In Baseball : The True Record (1961)

I'm going to steal every base on you today.

My Life In Baseball : The True Record (1961)

After that, the responsibility for the catch is yours.

My Life In Baseball : The True Record (1961)

Most collisions out on the fields are needless.

My Life In Baseball : The True Record (1961)

I'd told him exactly what I intended to do, and still gotten away with it.

My Life In Baseball : The True Record (1961)

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

My Life In Baseball : The True Record (1961)

A ball bat is a wondrous weapon.

My Life In Baseball : The True Record (1961)

I can't honestly say that I appreciate the way in which he changed baseball — from a game of science to an extension of his powerful slugging — but he was the most natural and unaffected man I ever knew. No one ever loved life more. No one ever inspired more youngsters. I have reverence for his marvelous ability . I look forward to meeting him again some day.

My Life In Baseball : The True Record (1961)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Ty Cobb (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.