Rogers Hornsby famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring.
-- Rogers Hornsby

#Sports #Baseball #Spring
I don't want to play golf. When I hit a ball, I want someone else to go chase it.
-- Rogers Hornsby

#Baseball #Golf #Mlb
A great hitter isn't born, he's made. He's made out of practice, fault correction, and confidence.
-- Rogers Hornsby

#Practice #Faults #Born
I've cheated, or someone on my team has cheated, in almost every single game I've been in.
-- Rogers Hornsby

#Team #Games #Cheated
I don't like to sound egotistical, but every time I stepped up to the plate with a bat in my hands, I couldn't help but feel sorry for the pitcher.
-- Rogers Hornsby

#Sorry #Hands #Sound
Players who stand flat footed and swing with their arms are golfers, not hitters.
-- Rogers Hornsby

#Player #Swings #Arms
Any ballplayer that don't sign autographs for little kids ain't an American. He's a communist.
-- Rogers Hornsby

#Baseball #Kids #Littles
To be a good hitter you've got to do one thing - get a good ball to hit.
-- Rogers Hornsby

#Balls #One Thing
Baseball is my life, the only thing I know and can talk about. My only interest.
-- Rogers Hornsby

#Baseball #Interest #Knows
When I was in the batter's box, I felt sorry for the pitcher.
-- Rogers Hornsby

#Leadership #Sports #Sorry
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.
-- Rogers Hornsby

#Running #Home #Thinking
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.
-- Rogers Hornsby

#Baseball #Believe #Winning
The big trouble is not really who isn't in the Hall of Fame, but who is. It was established for a select few.
-- Rogers Hornsby

#Trouble #Fame #Select
I'd rather him (Grover Alexander) pitch a crucial game for me drunk, then anyone I've ever known sober. He was that good.
-- Rogers Hornsby

#Games #Drunk #Sober
I always tried to hit the ball back through the box because that is the largest unprotected area.
-- Rogers Hornsby

#Balls #Boxes #Areas
Now the advantage is all with the hitters.
-- Rogers Hornsby

#Advantage
I've never been a yes man.
-- Rogers Hornsby

#Men
The first rule of baseball is to get a good ball to hit.
-- Rogers Hornsby

#Inspirational #Funny #Baseball
I never saw a pitcher I didn't feel sorry for.
-- Rogers Hornsby

#Sorry #Saws #Pitcher

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