I did what any American could and should do: serve his country in its time of need. Bob Feller More Quotes by Bob Feller More Quotes From Bob Feller 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 baseball games opportunity 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. Bob Feller gun hero home Trying to sneak a fastball by Ted Williams was like trying to sneak a sunbeam by a rooster in the morning. Bob Feller roosters morning trying 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. Bob Feller europe war people I would rather beat the Yankees regularly than pitch a no hit game. Bob Feller yankees baseball sports Life comes down to honesty and doing what's right. That's what's most important. Bob Feller honesty important You can talk about teamwork on a baseball team, but I'll tell you, it takes teamwork when you have 2,900 men stationed on the U.S.S. Alabama in the South Pacific. Bob Feller teamwork baseball men My father kept me busy from dawn to dusk when I was a kid. When I wasn't pitching hay, hauling corn or running a tractor, I was heaving a baseball into his mitt behind the barn... If all the parents in the country followed his rule, juvenile delinquency would be cut in half in a year's time. Bob Feller baseball running country When you make a bad pitch and the hitter puts it out of the park and you cost your team the game, it's a real test of your maturity to be able to stand in front of your locker fifteen minutes later and admit it to the world. How many people in other professions would be willing to have their job performances evaluated that way, in front of millions, every afternoon at five o'clock. Bob Feller team real jobs 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 soldier hero names Cooperstown is the greatest place on Earth. Bob Feller earth 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 events reading trying 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 intelligent sports believe 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 good-day nice sports Baseball in the Navy always was much more fun than it had been in the major leagues. Bob Feller league baseball fun 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 team player baseball Where the ball went was up to heaven. Sometimes I threw the ball clean up into the stands. Bob Feller balls sports heaven 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 baseball father thinking There was great leadership in this country at the time of World War II. There was also unrelenting resolve at home, in America's factories and on the farms, in the cities and the country. Bob Feller home war country Nobody lives forever and I've had a blessed life. Bob Feller blessed-life blessed forever
