The base paths belonged to me, the runner. The rules gave me the right. I always went into a bag full speed, feet first. I had sharp spikes on my shoes. If the baseman stood where he had no business…

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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...

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.

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...

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...

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

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

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 have observed that baseball is not unlike a war, and when you come right...

I have observed that baseball is not unlike a war, and when you come right...

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...

The crowd makes the ballgame.

The crowd makes the ballgame.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

Baseball was one-hundred percent of my life.

Baseball was one-hundred percent of my life.

Don't come home a failure.

Don't come home a failure.