To be a good hitter you've got to do one thing - get a good ball to hit.

Quote by Rogers Hornsby

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Now the advantage is all with the hitters.

Now the advantage is all with the hitters.

I don't like to sound egotistical, but every time I stepped up to the plate...

I don't like to sound egotistical, but every time I stepped up to the plate...

Any ballplayer that don't sign autographs for little kids ain't an American. He's a communist.

Any ballplayer that don't sign autographs for little kids ain't an American. He's a communist.

People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you...

People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you...

I don't want to play golf. When I hit a ball, I want someone else...

I don't want to play golf. When I hit a ball, I want someone else...

It don't make no difference where I go or what happens, so long as I...

It don't make no difference where I go or what happens, so long as I...

I've never been a yes man.

I've never been a yes man.

I always tried to hit the ball back through the box because that is the...

I always tried to hit the ball back through the box because that is the...

People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you...

People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you...

I don't want to play golf. When I hit a ball, I want someone else...

I don't want to play golf. When I hit a ball, I want someone else...