Sympathy is something that shouldn't be... by Bob Feller | We Heart Quotes

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

- Bob Feller

Other quotes by Bob Feller

Life

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

Day

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

Difference Today

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

People

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

- Bob Feller

Baseball

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

- Bob Feller

Home

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

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