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
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 regret to this day that I never went to college. I feel I should have been a doctor. – Ty Cobb
Every great batter works on the theory that the pitcher is more afraid of him than he is of the pitcher. – Ty Cobb
The mandate I have received and for which I will speak with heart and head to implement over the next seven years had its four pillars – an inclusive citizenship, equality and participation and respect in a creative society creating an excellence in everything we Irish do. – Michael D. Higgins