Bob Feller Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“I needed to join the Navy. If you ask the people in Europe who won World War II, they don't say the Allies, they say the United States won the war and saved the world.”

“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.”

“I was only a gun captain on the battleship Alabama for 34 months. People have called me a hero for that, but I'll tell you this - heroes don't come home. Survivors come home.”

“I would rather beat the Yankees regularly than pitch a no hit game.”

“Nobody lives forever and I've had a blessed life.”

“Sympathy is something that shouldn't be bestowed upon the Yankees. Apparently it angers them.”

“I did what any American could and should do: serve his country in its time of need.”

“Nowadays, they have more trouble packing hair dryers than baseball equipment.”

“I went on inactive duty in August 1945, and since I had stayed in such good shape and had played ball on military teams, I was ready to start for the Indians just two days later, against the Tigers.”

“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.”