Top 26 Quotes by 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.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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