Quotes by Bob Feller

As much as we disliked the Yankees, fans and players alike, they were good for baseball. They consistently unsuccessful teams like the Browns, Senators, and A's paid a lot of their bills with those big crowds that poured through the gates when the Yankees came to town.
– Bob Feller
Baseball in the Navy always was much more fun than it had been in the major leagues.
– Bob Feller
Every day is a new opportunity. You can build on yesterday's success or put its failures behind and start over again. That's the way life is, with a new game every day, and that's the way baseball is.
– Bob Feller
I don't think baseball owes colored people anything. I don't think colored people owe baseball anything, either.
– Bob Feller
I just reared back and let them go.
– Bob Feller
I would rather beat the Yankees regularly than pitch a no hit game.
– Bob Feller
If you believe your catcher is intelligent and you know that he has considerable experience, it is a good thing to leave the game almost entirely in his hands.
– Bob Feller
Nowadays, they have more trouble packing hair dryers than baseball equipment.
– Bob Feller
Sympathy is something that shouldn't be bestowed upon the Yankees. Apparently it angers them.
– Bob Feller
Ted Williams was the greatest hitter I ever saw, but DiMaggio was the greatest all around player.
– Bob Feller
The difference between relief pitching when I did it today is simple, there is too much of it. It's one of those cases where more is not necessarily better.
– Bob Feller
When I pick up the ball and it feels nice and light and small I know I'm going to have a good day. But if I picked it up and it's big and heavy, I know I'm liable to get into a little trouble.
– Bob Feller
Where the ball went was up to heaven. Sometimes I threw the ball clean up into the stands.
– Bob Feller
You figure they cheat at the ballpark, they'll cheat on the golf course, they'll cheat in business, and anything else in life. Players may laugh about it and say it's funny, but right down in their heart, they don't think it's funny at all, and they have no respect for a person who cheats.
– Bob Feller
There was great leadership in this country at the time of World War II. There was also unrelenting resolve at home, in America's factories and on the farms, in the cities and the country.
– Bob Feller
Baseball is only a game, a game of inches and a lot of luck. During a time of all-out war, sports are very insignificant.
– Bob Feller