Every great batter works on the theory that the pitcher is more afraid of him than he is of the pitcher. – Ty Cobb
When I played ball, I didnt play for fun. . . . Its no pink tea, and mollycoddles had better stay out. Its a contest and everything that implies, a struggle for supremacy, a survival of the fittest. – Ty Cobb
I have observed that baseball is not unlike war, and when you get right down to it, we batters are the heavy artillery. – Ty Cobb
Social Security is a government program with a constituency made up of the old, the near old and those who hope or fear to grow old. After 215 years of trying, we have finally discovered a special interest that includes 100 percent of the population. Now we can vote ourselves rich. – P. J. ORourke