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17 quotes by Ty Cobb

MLB debut August 30, 1905 for the Detroit Tigers Last MLB appearance September 11, 1928 for the Philadelphia Athletics Career statistics Batting average .367 Hits 4,191 Home runs 117 Runs batted in 1,938 Stolen bases 892 Teams As player Detroit Tigers (1905–1926) Philadelphia Athletics (1927–1928) As manager Detroit Tigers (1921–1926) Career highlights and awards AL MVP (1911) Triple Crown (1909) 12× AL batting...
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I had to fight all my life to survive. They were all against me... but I beat the bastards and left them in the ditch.

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

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

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Baseball is a red-blooded sport for red-blooded men. It's no pink tea, and mollycoddles had better stay out. It's a struggle for supremacy, a... →

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The great trouble with baseball today is that most of the players are in the game for the money and that's it, not for the love of it, the... →

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

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

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Don't come home a failure.

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

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

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

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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... →

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I regret to this day that I never went to college. I feel I should have been a doctor.

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