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
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
Owners of dogs will have noticed that, if you provide them with food and water and shelter and affection, they will think you are God. Whereas owners of cats are compelled to realize that, if you provide them with food and water and affection, they draw the conclusion that they are God. – Christopher Hitchens