To be a good hitter you've got to do one thing - get a good ball to hit.

- Rogers Hornsby

A great hitter isn't born, he's made. He's made out of practice, fault correction, and confidence.

- Rogers Hornsby

I don't want to play golf. When I hit a ball, I want someone else to go chase it.

- Rogers Hornsby

I've cheated, or someone on my team has cheated, in almost every single game I've been in.

- Rogers Hornsby

Players who stand flat footed and swing with their arms are golfers, not hitters.

- Rogers Hornsby

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 Hornsby

Baseball is my life, the only thing I know and can talk about. My only interest.

- Rogers Hornsby

Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball.

- Rogers Hornsby

I stare out the window and wait for spring.

- Rogers Hornsby