As much as we disliked the Yankees, fans and players alike, they were good for baseball. They consistently unsuccessful teams like the Browns, Senators, and A’s paid a lot of their bills with those big crowds that poured through the gates when the Yankees came to town.

— Bob Feller

Bob Feller Quotes

I just reared back and let them go.

— Bob Feller

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

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.

— Bob Feller

As much as we disliked the Yankees, fans and players alike, they were good for baseball. They consistently unsuccessful teams like the Browns, Senators, and A’s paid a lot of their bills with those big crowds that poured through the gates when the Yankees came to town.

— Bob Feller

Ted Williams was the greatest hitter I ever saw, but DiMaggio was the greatest all around player.

— Bob Feller

Baseball is only a game, a game of inches and a lot of luck. During a time of all-out war, sports are very insignificant.

— Bob Feller

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

— Bob Feller

I spent 34 months on the battleship Alabama, South Dakota-class. I was a gun captain. First we went to Russia for about 11 months with the British convoys. Then we were up in Norway and Scandinavia.

— Bob Feller

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

— Bob Feller

Yankee Stadium, it’s like everything else in this country. In Europe, they save all their old buildings for history. Here, we just tear them all down.

— Bob Feller

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

— Bob Feller

I try to be a good human being and keep up with what’s going on in the world by reading and staying in touch with the current events.

— Bob Feller
Reading

My father loved baseball and he cultivated my talent. I don’t think he ever had any doubt in his mind that I would play professional baseball someday.

— Bob Feller

Nobody lives forever and I’ve had a blessed life.

— Bob Feller

Life comes down to honesty and doing what’s right. That’s what’s most important.

— Bob Feller

Where the ball went was up to heaven. Sometimes I threw the ball clean up into the stands.

— Bob Feller

Baseball in the Navy always was much more fun than it had been in the major leagues.

— Bob Feller
Fun

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

I don’t think baseball owes colored people anything. I don’t think colored people owe baseball anything, either.

— Bob Feller

The soldiers that didn’t come back were the heroes. It’s a roll of the dice. If a bullet has your name on it, you’re a hero. If you hear a bullet go by, you’re a survivor.

— Bob Feller
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