Quotes by Rogers Hornsby - Page 1

I've never been a yes man.
Rogers Hornsby / Baseball Manager
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Now the advantage is all with the hitters.
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Advantage
Hitters
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I stare out the window and wait for spring.
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Baseball
Inspirational Sports
Spring
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I never saw a pitcher I didn't feel sorry for.
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Pitcher
Saws
Sorry
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The first rule of baseball is to get a good ball to hit.
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Funny
Inspirational
Baseball
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When I was in the batter's box, I felt sorry for the pitcher.
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Leadership
Sports
Sorry
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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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Balls
One Thing
Ball
Hitter
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Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball.
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Inspirational
Baseball
Heart
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Baseball is my life, the only thing I know and can talk about. My only interest.
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Baseball
Interest
Knows
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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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Sports
Baseball
Golf
Mlb
Go
Ball
Hit
Chase
Else
Play Golf
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Players who stand flat footed and swing with their arms are golfers, not hitters.
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Arms
Player
Swings
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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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Cheated
Games
Team
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It don't make no difference where I go or what happens, so long as I can play the full nine.
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Nine
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Any ballplayer that don't sign autographs for little kids ain't an American. He's a communist.
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Kids
Autographs
Baseball
Communist
Littles
Ballplayer
Little Kids
Sign
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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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Areas
Balls
Boxes
Box
Ball
Largest
Unprotected
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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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Born
Faults
Practice
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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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Fame
Select
Trouble
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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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Drunk
Games
Sober
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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 Hornsby / Baseball Manager
Sports
Baseball
People
Spring
Window
Winter
Ask
Me
Out
You
Wait
Stare
Tell
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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 Hornsby / Baseball Manager
Egotistical
Hands
Pitcher
Sorry
Sound
Bat
Time Hands Feel
Plate
Stepped
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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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Running
Home
Thinking
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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 / Baseball Manager
Baseball
Believe
Winning
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