Tris Speaker Quotations

If you put a baseball and other toys in front of a baby, he'll pick up a baseball in preference to the others.

It would be useless for any player to attempt to explain successful batting.

The Babe was a great ballplayer, sure, but Cobb was even greater. Babe could knock your brains out, but Cobb would drive you crazy.

The American boy starts swinging the bat about as soon as he can lift one.

Ruth made a grave mistake when he gave up pitching. Working once a week he might have lasted a long time and become a great star.

When I was a rookie, Cy Young used to hit me flies to sharpen my abilities to judge in advance the direction and distance of an outfield-hit ball.

Luck is the great stabilizer in baseball.

Babe Ruth made a great mistake when he gave up pitching.

Taking the best left-handed pitcher in baseball and converting him into a right fielder is one of the dumbest things I ever heard.