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Ty Cobb quotes: When I came to Detroit I was just a mild-mannered Sunday-school boy.

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

Ty Cobb quotes: When two doctors pass each other on the street they wink at each other.

When two doctors pass each other on the street they wink at each other.

Ty Cobb quotes: I may have been fierce, but never low or underhand.

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

Ty Cobb quotes: Don't come home a failure.

Don't come home a failure.

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

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

Ty Cobb quotes: A ball bat is a wondrous weapon.

A ball bat is a wondrous weapon.

Ty Cobb quotes: The crowd makes the ballgame.

The crowd makes the ballgame.

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

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

Ty Cobb quotes: The best recommendation for an umpire in the old days was: He licked somebody in the Three-I League. He ought to do.

The best recommendation for an umpire in the old days was: He licked somebody in the Three-I League. He ought to do.

Ty Cobb quotes: To get along with me, don't increase my tension.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ty Cobb quotes: Most collisions out on the fields are needless.

Most collisions out on the fields are needless.

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

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

Ty Cobb quotes: Baseball was one-hundred percent of my life.

Baseball was one-hundred percent of my life.

Ty Cobb quotes: The most important part of a player's body is above his shoulders.

The most important part of a player's body is above his shoulders.

Ty Cobb quotes: 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.

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.

Ty Cobb quotes: That boy Mantle is a good one.

That boy Mantle is a good one.

Ty Cobb quotes: The way those clubs shift against Ted Williams, I can't understand how he can be so stupid not to accept the challenge to him and hit to left field.

The way those clubs shift against Ted Williams, I can't understand how he can be so stupid not to accept the challenge to him and hit to left field.

Ty Cobb quotes: I've got to be first. ALL the time.

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

Ty Cobb quotes: Just speed, raw speed, blinding speed, too much speed.

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

Ty Cobb quotes: The great American game should be an unrelenting war of nerves.

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

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

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

Ty Cobb quotes: Walter Johnson's fastball looked about the size of a watermelon seed and it hissed at you as it passed.

Walter Johnson's fastball looked about the size of a watermelon seed and it hissed at you as it passed.

Ty Cobb quotes: I'm coming down on the next pitch, Krauthead.

I'm coming down on the next pitch, Krauthead.