Quotes by Lefty Gomez - Page 1

Only triple I ever got.
Lefty Gomez / Baseball Player
New York Yankees
Yankees
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I'd rather be lucky than good
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Baseball
Lucky
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I'd rather be lucky than good.
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Good
Lucky
Rather
Than
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It's better to be lucky than good.
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I'd rather not throw the ball at all.
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Balls
Baseball
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He (Jimmie Foxx) has muscles in his hair.
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Hair
Muscles
Pitching
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If you don't throw it, they can't hit it.
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Inspirational
Ifs
Hit
Throw
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I'm the guy that made Joe DiMaggio famous.
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Famous
Guy
Made
Pitching
Joe
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I don't know. I've never been on second before.
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Knows
New York Yankees
Yankees
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Jimmy Foxx could hit me at midnight with the lights out.
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Jimmy
Light
Midnight
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The secret of my success was clean living and a fast outfield.
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Clean
Clean Living
Cleaning
Inspiration
Secret
Fast
Outfield
The Secret Of
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I've got a new invention. It's a revolving bowl for tired goldfish.
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Pet
Goldfish
Invention
Revolving
Tired
Bowl
Got
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I never had a bad night in my life, but I've had a few bad mornings.
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Morning
Bad Night
Night
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He knew he was Joe DiMaggio, and he knew what that meant to the country.
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Baseball
Country
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I talked to the ball a lot of times in my career. I yelled, "Go foul. Go foul."
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Balls
Careers
Yankees
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I couldn't speak enough Spanish. I couldn't make myself understood on that club.
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Clubs
Speak
Yankees
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I was never nervous when I had the ball, but when I let go I was scared to death.
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Balls
Letting Go
Yankees
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I don't want to throw him nothing. Maybe he'll just get tired of waiting and leave.
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Tired
Waiting
Yankees
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He's in a rut. Gehringer goes two for five on opening day and stays that way all season.
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Two
Way
Yankees
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We lost 14 straight. Then we had a game rained out and it felt so good we had a victory dinner.
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Games
Victory
Yankees
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Hell, Lou (Gehrig) it took fifteen years to get you out of a game. Sometimes I'm out in fifteen minutes.
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Fifteen
Games
Years
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I was the worst hitter ever. I never even broke a bat until last year when I was backing out of the garage.
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Leadership
Baseball
Broke
Garage
Last Year
Years
Backing
Bat
Hitter
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I want to thank all my teammates who scored so many runs and Joe DiMaggio, who ran down so many of my mistakes.
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Running
Mistake
Teammate
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One rule I had was make your best pitch and back up third base. That relay might get away and you've got another shot at him.
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Baseball
Might
Shots
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You just can't imagine the kind of guy he was without seeing him play. He was a circus, a play, a movie, all rolled into one.
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Guy
Play
Yankees
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A lot of things run through your head when you're going in to relieve in a tight spot. One of them was, "Should I spike myself?"
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Running
Funny Baseball
Yankees
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I'm something like the old soak who never knew whether his wife told him to take one drink and come home at 12, or take 12 and come home at one.
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Home
Wife
Yankees
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When I first signed with the Yankees, the regulars wouldn't talk to you until you were with the team three or four years. Nowadays the rookies get $100,000 to sign and they don't talk to the regulars.
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Baseball
Team
Yankees
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No one hit home runs the way Babe did. They were something special. They were like homing pigeons. The ball would leave the bat, pause briefly, suddenly gain its bearings, then take off for the stands.
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Home
Babe
Pigeons
Something Special
Special
Ball
Hit
Bat
Bearing
Leave
Gain
Home Runs
Pause
Runs
Stands
Suddenly
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No one hit home runs the way Babe (Ruth) did. They were something special. They were like homing pigeons. The ball would leave the bat, pause briefly, suddenly gain its bearings, then take off for the stands.
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Running
Home
Special
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I had been having trouble with my eyes. One day my glasses fogged up while I was pitching, but when I cleaned them and looked at the plate and saw Foxx clearly, it frightened me so much I never wore them again.
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Eye
Glasses
Yankees
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When Neil Armstrong first set foot on the moon, he and all the space scientists were puzzled by an unidentifiable white object. I knew immediately what it was. That was a home run ball hit off me in 1933 by Jimmie Foxx.
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Running
Home
Moon
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