Ty Cobb Quotes

Every time I stepped into the ring, somebody wanted to kill me.

Business is a combination of war and sport.

Pro football is like nuclear warfare. There are no winners, only survivors.

I ended up injuring her with a knife I had on me. I can't really remember what happened.

I have long understood that losing always comes with the territory when you wander into the gambling business, just as getting crippled for life is an acceptable risk in the linebacker business. They both are extremely violent sports, and pain is part of the bargain. Buy the ticket, take the ride.

Baseball is a game, yes. It is also a business. But what is most truly is is disguised combat. For all its gentility, its almost leisurely pace, baseball is violence under wraps.

I'm one of those guys: I'm out there trying to punch you out and to hurt you, but as soon as I'm done, hopefully there's nothing wrong with you; I'm hoping that you're okay.

All it takes is one punch, one big punch, and that could wreck everything for me.

Patrick Cote, that would be one way traffic. I'd destroy the guy.

You practice Monday through Friday in college, or Monday through Saturday in the pro's - and then you just go out and knock somebody's head off.

I can remember a couple of real fights when I ran. Because they were kinda dangerous.

Don't get stabbed. It makes everything awkward.

Sometimes you knock someone out, sometimes you just beat 'em.

Guys get hurt in fights. It doesn't mean you stop a fight every time somebody gets hurt.

I want to show in a violent sport like our sport, you don't need to hurt anybody in order to win.

Every fight is dangerous, no matter who you're fighting, no matter what the story behind it is.

I'm not in the business to get hit and take concussions.

I broke Steve McMahon's nose twice in one night.

I want the biggest fights possible. If guys don't want to fight me, then I can't get them. But it's not on me.

I go inside the Octagon for fight. I don't joke, because it's danger.

Fighting causes you to face life head on, because you could end up seriously getting hurt, and you could hurt somebody else. It causes both people to face the reality that we are fragile beings, but it doesn't mean we can't enjoy ourselves in the process and punch each other in the face and have a good time.

It's not a game. You can't play boxing.

You have to be very vocal about being willing to fight anyone.

When you have a lot of communication, it picks up the aggressiveness with everybody on the court.

I'll fight anyone.