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Wednesday, November 19, 2003
Quotable Eddie Mathews
"I'd take on the other third baseman ... I wanted to beat him in every department, fielding, hitting, runing the bases. I played that game all my life, and it kept me on my toes."
"I'm just a beat-up old third baseman. I'm just a small part of a wonderful game that is a tremendous part of America today."
--on his induction into the Hall of Fame, August 7, 1978
"My mother used to pitch to me and my father would shag balls. If I hit one up the middle, close to mother, I'd have some extra chores to do. My mother was instrumental in making me a pull hitter."
--on his induction into the Hall of Fame, August 7, 1978
"It's only a hitch when you're in a slump. When you're hittin' the ball, it's called rhythm."
"When you're a kid, what fun the game is! You grab a bat and glove and ball, and that's it. I know what Ted Williams and Stan Musial meant when they said it got tougher to get in shape every year."
"I didn't like being a salesman. I wasn't a closer. I'd go in and talk baseball for half an hour and walk out without mentioning my product."
--on life after baseball
"I don't know where Hank Aaron will break Ruth's record, but I can tell you one thing. Ten years from the day he hits it, three million people will say they were there."
--1973
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