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I've been called one of the hardest bargainers who ever held out, and I'm proud of it.

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Ty Cobb
Age: 74 †
Born: 1886
Born: December 18
Died: 1961
Died: July 17
Baseball Player
Narrows
Georgia
Tyrus Raymond Cobb
Tyrus Raymond Ty Cobb
The Georgia Peach
Ever
Held
Hardest
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I'm coming down on the next pitch, Krauthead.
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Just speed, raw speed, blinding speed, too much speed.
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Speed is a great asset but it's greater when it's combined with quickness - and there's a big difference.
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The great American game should be an unrelenting war of nerves.
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I had to fight all my life to survive. They were all against me, but I beat the bastards and left them in the ditch.
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No man has ever been a perfect ballplayer. Stan Musial, however, is the closest to being perfect in the game today.
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I never could stand losing. Second place didn't interest me. I had a fire in my belly.
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To get along with me, don't increase my tension.
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Every great batter works on the theory that the pitcher is more afraid of him than he is of the pitcher.
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I've got to be first. ALL the time.
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I have observed that baseball is not unlike war, and when you get right down to it, we batters are the heavy artillery.
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Baseball was one-hundred percent of my life.
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When I began playing the game, baseball was about as gentlemanly as a kick in the crotch.
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