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Bob Feller Quote

“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

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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

Success

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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

Wisdom

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

— Bob Feller

Truth

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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

Life

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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

Wisdom

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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

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