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.

Every great batter works on the theory that the pitcher is more afraid of him than he is of the pitcher.

The most important part of a player's body is above his shoulders.

The base paths belonged to me, the runner. The rules gave me the right. I always went into a bag full speed, feet first. I had sharp spikes on my shoes. If the baseman stood where he had no business to be and got hurt, that was his fault.