Rogers Hornsby quotes
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“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 HornsbySource : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
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“I don't want to play golf. When I hit a ball, I want someone else to go chase it.”
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“A great hitter isn't born, he's made. He's made out of practice, fault correction, and confidence.”
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“I've cheated, or someone on my team has cheated, in almost every single game I've been in.”
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“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.”
-- Rogers HornsbySource : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
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“Players who stand flat footed and swing with their arms are golfers, not hitters.”
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“Any ballplayer that don't sign autographs for little kids ain't an American. He's a communist.”
-- Rogers HornsbySource : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
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“To be a good hitter you've got to do one thing - get a good ball to hit.”
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“Baseball is my life, the only thing I know and can talk about. My only interest.”
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“When I was in the batter's box, I felt sorry for the pitcher.”
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“The home run became glorified with Babe Ruth. Starting with him, batters have been thinking in terms of how far they could hit the ball, not how often.”
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“I've always played hard. If that's rough and tough, I can't help it. I don't believe there's any such thing as a good loser. I wouldn't sit down and play a game of cards with you right now withing wanting to win. If I hadn't felt that way I wouldn't have got very far in baseball.”
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“The big trouble is not really who isn't in the Hall of Fame, but who is. It was established for a select few.”
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“I'd rather him (Grover Alexander) pitch a crucial game for me drunk, then anyone I've ever known sober. He was that good.”
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“I always tried to hit the ball back through the box because that is the largest unprotected area.”
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“Now the advantage is all with the hitters.”
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“The first rule of baseball is to get a good ball to hit.”
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“I never saw a pitcher I didn't feel sorry for.”
-- Rogers Hornsby
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