Ty Cobb (1886–1961) American baseball player
On Ted Williams, as quoted in "Here's the Pitch" by Frank Finch, in The Los Angeles Times (June 5, 1958), p. C2
Ty Cobb (1886–1961) American baseball player
On Ted Williams, as quoted in "Here's the Pitch" by Frank Finch, in The Los Angeles Times (June 5, 1958), p. C2
“Jason decided there was nothing in the world scarier than a gang of bat-wielding grannies.”
Rick Riordan book The Blood of Olympus
Source: The Blood of Olympus
“If you want to learn batting, bat with MS Dhoni.”
MS Dhoni (1981) Indian cricket player
Ravindra Jadeja https://www.scoopwhoop.com/sports/dhoni-quotes/
Ozzy Osbourne (1948) English heavy metal vocalist and songwriter
Jason Arnopp, Slipknot: Inside the Sickness, Behind the Masks (2001), ISBN 0091879337
“You have to see VVS Laxman bat to understand his magic.”
V. V. S. Laxman (1974) former Indian cricketer
Ian Bishop http://www.scrolldroll.com/quotes-about-vvs-laxman-that-show-he-is-truly-very-very-special/
Casey Stengel (1890–1975) American baseball player and coach
As quoted in "The Scoreboardː Stengelː 'Wagner Best I Ever Saw'" https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=_kYqAAAAIBAJ&sjid=9U4EAAAAIBAJ&pg=7207%2C1231475 by Les Biederman, in The Pittsburgh Press (July 7, 1963), Sec. 4, p. 3
Leonardo Da Vinci (1452–1519) Italian Renaissance polymath
The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci (1938), XVII Flight
Hank Aaron (1934) Retired American baseball player
On Stan Musial, as quoted in "The Scoreboard: Braves' Aaron Among Best of Bargains" https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=w8IbAAAAIBAJ&sjid=n08EAAAAIBAJ&pg=7161%2C5971222 by Les Biederman, in The Pittsburgh Press (August 30, 1967)
“I never smile when I have a bat in my hands. That's when you've got to be serious.”
Hank Aaron (1934) Retired American baseball player
As quoted in the July 31, 1956 issue of The Milwaukee Journal; reproduced in Baseball's Greatest Quotations : An Illustrated Treasury of Baseball Quotations and Historical Lore https://books.google.com/books?id=468IU6sa2VYC&pg=PA2&dq=%22I+never+smile+when+I+have+a+bat+in+my+hands%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi74bmMysjVAhWoz4MKHfK7AmsQ6AEILjAB#v=onepage&q=%22I%20never%20smile%20when%20I%20have%20a%20bat%20in%20my%20hands%22&f=false (2009) by Paul Dickson, p. 2 <br class="br">Context: I never smile when I have a bat in my hands. That's when you've got to be serious. When I get out on the field, nothing's a joke to me. I don't feel like I should walk around with a smile on my face.