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Rogers Hornsby quotes: People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring.

People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring.

Rogers Hornsby quotes: Players who stand flat footed and swing with their arms are golfers, not hitters.

Players who stand flat footed and swing with their arms are golfers, not hitters.

Rogers Hornsby quotes: I've never been a yes man.

I've never been a yes man.

Rogers Hornsby quotes: I always tried to hit the ball back through the box because that is the largest unprotected area.

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

Rogers Hornsby quotes: I never saw a pitcher I didn't feel sorry for.

I never saw a pitcher I didn't feel sorry for.

Rogers Hornsby quotes: Now the advantage is all with the hitters.

Now the advantage is all with the hitters.

Rogers Hornsby quotes: It don't make no difference where I go or what happens, so long as I can play the full nine.

It don't make no difference where I go or what happens, so long as I can play the full nine.

Rogers Hornsby quotes: A great hitter isn't born, he's made. He's made out of practice, fault correction, and confidence.

A great hitter isn't born, he's made. He's made out of practice, fault correction, and confidence.

Rogers Hornsby quotes: I've cheated, or someone on my team has cheated, in almost every single game I've been in.

I've cheated, or someone on my team has cheated, in almost every single game I've been in.

Rogers Hornsby quotes: The first rule of baseball is to get a good ball to hit.

The first rule of baseball is to get a good ball to hit.

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

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

Rogers Hornsby quotes: Baseball is my life, the only thing I know and can talk about. My only interest.

Baseball is my life, the only thing I know and can talk about. My only interest.

Rogers Hornsby quotes: 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.

Rogers Hornsby quotes: When I was in the batter's box, I felt sorry for the pitcher.

When I was in the batter's box, I felt sorry for the pitcher.

Rogers Hornsby quotes: I'd rather him (Grover Alexander) pitch a crucial game for me drunk, then anyone I've ever known sober. He was that good.

I'd rather him (Grover Alexander) pitch a crucial game for me drunk, then anyone I've ever known sober. He was that good.

Rogers Hornsby quotes: The big trouble is not really who isn't in the Hall of Fame, but who is. It was established for a select few.

The big trouble is not really who isn't in the Hall of Fame, but who is. It was established for a select few.

Rogers Hornsby quotes: I don't want to play golf. When I hit a ball, I want someone else to go chase it.

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

Rogers Hornsby quotes: I don't like to sound egotistical, but every time I stepped up to the plate with a bat in my hands, I couldn't help but feel sorry for the pitcher.

I don't like to sound egotistical, but every time I stepped up to the plate with a bat in my hands, I couldn't help but feel sorry for the pitcher.