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I'll tell you how well I remember you, Joe. Whenever I got the idea that I was a good hitter I'd stop and take a good look at you. Then I knew I could stand some improvement.

To Shoeless Joe Jackson upon meeting up after not having seen each other in over twenty years

Tyrus Raymond "Ty" Cobb
Detroit Tigers
OF
HOF 1939

A watermelon seed that, as it passed by, hissed at you.

Describing Walter "Big Train" Johnson's fastball

Tyrus Raymond "Ty" Cobb
Detroit Tigers
OF
HOF 1939

A hustlin' ballplayer is a feller who never lets up for a minute, never gives his body a rest from trying. He's out there every second of the time playing as hard as he can, no matter how many runs he's ahead. He don' know what it means to take it easy and loaf along. He's ALWAYS working. Lou Gehrig was the hustlin'est ballplayer I ever saw, and I admired him for it. When I first saw him break into the lineup, as a rookie, I went and told him just that.

When asked for his definition of a "hustling" ballplayer

Tyrus Raymond "Ty" Cobb
Detroit Tigers
OF
HOF 1939

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