Rogers Hornsby Quotations

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

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

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.

I've never been a yes man.

Now the advantage is all with the hitters.

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

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

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

I stare out the window and wait for spring,

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.