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Bob Feller
Athlete
About the author
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,
Athlete
#Day
#Trouble
#Light
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,
Athlete
#Life
#Success
#Day
#Baseball
#Opportunity
#Yesterday
I don't think baseball owes colored people anything. I don't think colored people owe baseball anything, either.
Bob Feller,
Athlete
#People
#Baseball
I would rather beat the Yankees regularly than pitch a no hit game.
Bob Feller,
Athlete
I'm no hero. Heroes don't come back. Survivors return home. Heroes never come home. If anyone thinks I'm a hero, I'm not.
Bob Feller,
Athlete
#Home
#Heroes
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,
Athlete
#Experience
Nowadays, they have more trouble packing hair dryers than baseball equipment.
Bob Feller,
Athlete
#Baseball
#Trouble
#Hair
Ted Williams was the greatest hitter I ever saw, but DiMaggio was the greatest all around player.
Bob Feller,
Athlete
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,
Athlete
#Today
#Difference
Where the ball went was up to heaven. Sometimes I threw the ball clean up into the stands.
Bob Feller,
Athlete
#Heaven
Sympathy is something that shouldn't be bestowed upon the Yankees. Apparently it angers them.
Bob Feller,
Athlete
#Sympathy