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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.

Rogers Hornsby

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Rogers Hornsby
Age: 66 †
Born: 1896
Born: April 27
Died: 1963
Died: January 5
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