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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
Tags: busy, father, time, me

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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.
— Bob Feller
Tags: time, war, great, leadership
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.
— Bob Feller
Tags: ready, duty, start, good
Ted Williams was the greatest hitter I ever saw, but DiMaggio was the greatest all around player.
— Bob Feller
Tags: around, ever, hitter, greatest
I'm no hero. Heroes don't come back. Survivors return home. Heroes never come home. If anyone thinks I'm a hero, I'm not.
— Bob Feller
Tags: back, never, home, hero
My father loved baseball and he cultivated my talent. I don't think he ever had any doubt in his mind that I would play professional baseball someday.
— Bob Feller
Tags: loved, talent, mind, father
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