Rogers Hornsby Quotes

• 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

  Sports, Baseball, Spring

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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

  Rogers Hornsby

  Baseball, Golf, Mlb

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

  Rogers Hornsby

  Practice, Faults, Born

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

  Rogers Hornsby

  Inspirational, Baseball, Heart

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• Any ballplayer that don't sign autographs for little kids ain't an American. He's a communist.

  Rogers Hornsby

  Baseball, Kids, Littles

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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

  Rogers Hornsby

  Team, Games, Cheated

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

  Rogers Hornsby

  Player, Swings, Arms

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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

  Sorry, Hands, Sound

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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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, Believe, Winning

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

  Rogers Hornsby

  Balls, One Thing

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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.

  Rogers Hornsby

  Running, Home, Thinking

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

  Rogers Hornsby

  Baseball, Interest, Knows

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• When I was in the batter's box, I felt sorry for the pitcher.

  Rogers Hornsby

  Leadership, Sports, Sorry

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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.

  Rogers Hornsby

  Trouble, Fame, Select

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• I always tried to hit the ball back through the box because that is the largest unprotected area.

  Rogers Hornsby

  Balls, Boxes, Areas

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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.

  Rogers Hornsby

  Games, Drunk, Sober

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• I stare out the window and wait for spring.

  Rogers Hornsby

  Baseball, Inspirational Sports, Spring

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• The first rule of baseball is to get a good ball to hit.

  Rogers Hornsby

  Inspirational, Funny, Baseball

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• I never saw a pitcher I didn't feel sorry for.

  Rogers Hornsby

  Sorry, Saws, Pitcher

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• Now the advantage is all with the hitters.

  Rogers Hornsby

  Advantage

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• I've never been a yes man.

  Rogers Hornsby

  Men

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