I have observed that baseball is not unlike a war, and when you come right down to it, we batters are the heavy artillery.

Quote by Ty Cobb

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I regret to this day that I never went to college. I feel I should...

I regret to this day that I never went to college. I feel I should...

The great trouble with baseball today is that most of the players are in the...

The great trouble with baseball today is that most of the players are in the...

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

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

When I began playing the game, baseball was about as gentlemanly as a kick in...

When I began playing the game, baseball was about as gentlemanly as a kick in...

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

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

I never could stand losing. Second place didn't interest me. I had a fire in...

I never could stand losing. Second place didn't interest me. I had a fire in...

Baseball was one-hundred percent of my life.

Baseball was one-hundred percent of my life.

The way those clubs shift against Ted Williams, I can't understand how he can be...

The way those clubs shift against Ted Williams, I can't understand how he can be...

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

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

The great trouble with baseball today is that most of the players are in the...

The great trouble with baseball today is that most of the players are in the...

I may have been fierce, but never low or underhand.

I may have been fierce, but never low or underhand.

Baseball is a red-blooded sport for red-blooded men. It's no pink tea, and mollycoddles had...

Baseball is a red-blooded sport for red-blooded men. It's no pink tea, and mollycoddles had...

Every great batter works on the theory that the pitcher is more afraid of him...

Every great batter works on the theory that the pitcher is more afraid of him...

The base paths belonged to me, the runner. The rules gave me the right. I...

The base paths belonged to me, the runner. The rules gave me the right. I...

I had to fight all my life to survive. They were all against me... but...

I had to fight all my life to survive. They were all against me... but...

Baseball is a red-blooded sport for red-blooded men. It's no pink tea, and mollycoddles had...

Baseball is a red-blooded sport for red-blooded men. It's no pink tea, and mollycoddles had...

Don't come home a failure.

Don't come home a failure.

The crowd makes the ballgame.

The crowd makes the ballgame.