55 Quotes by Ty Cobb

The longer I live, the longer I realize that batting is more a mental matter than it is physical. The ability to grasp the bat, swing at the proper time, take a proper stance; all these are elemental. Batting is rather a study in psychology, a sizing up of a pitcher and catcher and observing little details that are of immense importance. It's like the study of crime, the work of a detective as he picks up clues.

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

When I came to Detroit I was just a mild-mannered Sunday-school boy.

No man has ever been a perfect ballplayer. Stan Musial, however, is the closest to being perfect in the game today.

Just speed, raw speed, blinding speed, too much speed.

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

I've got to be first. ALL the time.

Don't come home a failure.

That boy Mantle is a good one.