Lefty Gomez Quotes

• I'd rather be lucky than good

  Lefty Gomez

  Baseball, Lucky

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• When Neil Armstrong first set foot on the moon, he and all the space scientists were puzzled by an unidentifiable white object. I knew immediately what it was. That was a home run ball hit off me in 1933 by Jimmie Foxx.

  Lefty Gomez

  Running, Home, Moon

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• One rule I had was make your best pitch and back up third base. That relay might get away and you've got another shot at him.

  Lefty Gomez

  Baseball, Might, Shots

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• I talked to the ball a lot of times in my career. I yelled, "Go foul. Go foul."

  Lefty Gomez

  Yankees, Careers, Balls

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• No one hit home runs the way Babe (Ruth) did. They were something special. They were like homing pigeons. The ball would leave the bat, pause briefly, suddenly gain its bearings, then take off for the stands.

  Lefty Gomez

  Running, Home, Special

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• He (Jimmie Foxx) has muscles in his hair.

  Lefty Gomez

  Hair, Pitching, Muscles

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• The secret of my success was clean living and a fast outfield.

  Lefty Gomez

  Inspiration, Secret, Cleaning

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• I had been having trouble with my eyes. One day my glasses fogged up while I was pitching, but when I cleaned them and looked at the plate and saw Foxx clearly, it frightened me so much I never wore them again.

  Lefty Gomez

  Eye, Yankees, Glasses

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• I was never nervous when I had the ball, but when I let go I was scared to death.

  Lefty Gomez

  Letting Go, Yankees, Balls

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• A lot of things run through your head when you're going in to relieve in a tight spot. One of them was, "Should I spike myself?"

  Lefty Gomez

  Running, Yankees, Funny Baseball

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• I've got a new invention. It's a revolving bowl for tired goldfish.

  Lefty Gomez

  Tired, Pet, Goldfish

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• Hell, Lou (Gehrig) it took fifteen years to get you out of a game. Sometimes I'm out in fifteen minutes.

  Lefty Gomez

  Years, Games, Fifteen

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• Jimmy Foxx could hit me at midnight with the lights out.

  Lefty Gomez

  Light, Midnight, Jimmy

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• I want to thank all my teammates who scored so many runs and Joe DiMaggio, who ran down so many of my mistakes.

  Lefty Gomez

  Running, Mistake, Teammate

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• I'm something like the old soak who never knew whether his wife told him to take one drink and come home at 12, or take 12 and come home at one.

  Lefty Gomez

  Home, Yankees, Wife

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• We lost 14 straight. Then we had a game rained out and it felt so good we had a victory dinner.

  Lefty Gomez

  Yankees, Games, Victory

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• You just can't imagine the kind of guy he was without seeing him play. He was a circus, a play, a movie, all rolled into one.

  Lefty Gomez

  Yankees, Play, Guy

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• I don't want to throw him nothing. Maybe he'll just get tired of waiting and leave.

  Lefty Gomez

  Tired, Yankees, Waiting

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• He knew he was Joe DiMaggio, and he knew what that meant to the country.

  Lefty Gomez

  Baseball, Country

  "In America; A Designated Hero" by Bob Herbert, www.nytimes.com. March 10, 1999.

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• I'm the guy that made Joe DiMaggio famous.

  Lefty Gomez

  Guy, Pitching, Made

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• When I first signed with the Yankees, the regulars wouldn't talk to you until you were with the team three or four years. Nowadays the rookies get $100,000 to sign and they don't talk to the regulars.

  Lefty Gomez

  Baseball, Team, Yankees

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• I was the worst hitter ever. I never even broke a bat until last year when I was backing out of the garage.

  Lefty Gomez

  Leadership, Baseball, Years

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• If you don't throw it, they can't hit it.

  Lefty Gomez

  Inspirational, Ifs

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• It's better to be lucky than good.

  Lefty Gomez

  Lucky

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• I never had a bad night in my life, but I've had a few bad mornings.

  Lefty Gomez

  Morning, Night, Bad Night

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