Mel Ott famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

Every time I sign a ball, and there must have been thousands, I thank my luck that I wasnâ€™t born Coveleski or Wambsganss or Peckinpaugh.
-- Mel Ott

#Luck #Balls #Born
He stopped everything behind the plate and hit everything in front of it.
-- Mel Ott

#Yankees #Plates #New York Yankees

Luck's a chance, but trouble's sure.
I can catch the ball. You've got to throw it to me.
The only thing in this world that gives orders is balls.
Everything my mother made had to cook for 80 hours, and when she made matzoh balls she didn't know fluffy. Everything sank.
I consider myself a line drive hitter with power. I just try to put my best swing on the ball every time.
The best have the courage and I say this all the time. The courage to take the ball all the time, the courage to make sure that they are not going to be intimidated by their opponents, and the courage to express themselves at all times and I think that all the great players have got that.
I was born in India - but never really lived there.
Being the first born gives you great patience.
You can be born with a title, but not respect. You have to earn that.
Poetic knowledge is born in the great silence of scientific knowledge.

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