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Top 25 Lefty Gomez Quotes (2025 Update)

Lefty Gomez Quote: “I’d rather be lucky than good.”

1. “I’d rather be lucky than good.”

— Lefty Gomez

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Lefty Gomez Quote: “I was the worst hitter ever. I never even broke a bat until last year when I was backing out of the garage.”

2. “I was the worst hitter ever. I never even broke a bat until last year when I was backing out of the garage.”

— Lefty Gomez

Lefty Gomez Quote: “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.”

3. “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.”

— Lefty Gomez

Lefty Gomez Quote: “If you don’t throw it, they can’t hit it.”

4. “If you don’t throw it, they can’t hit it.”

— Lefty Gomez

Lefty Gomez Quote: “The secret of my success was clean living and a fast outfield.”

5. “The secret of my success was clean living and a fast outfield.”

— Lefty Gomez

Lefty Gomez Quote: “He knew he was Joe DiMaggio, and he knew what that meant to the country.”

6. “He knew he was Joe DiMaggio, and he knew what that meant to the country.”

— Lefty Gomez

Lefty Gomez Quote: “I couldn’t speak enough Spanish. I couldn’t make myself understood on that club.”

7. “I couldn’t speak enough Spanish. I couldn’t make myself understood on that club.”

— Lefty Gomez

Lefty Gomez Quote: “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.”

8. “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.”

— Lefty Gomez

Lefty Gomez Quote: “Jimmy Foxx could hit me at midnight with the lights out.”

9. “Jimmy Foxx could hit me at midnight with the lights out.”

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Lefty Gomez Quote: “I don’t want to throw him nothing. Maybe he’ll just get tired of waiting and leave.”

10. “I don’t want to throw him nothing. Maybe he’ll just get tired of waiting and leave.”

— Lefty Gomez

Lefty Gomez Quote: “I’ve got a new invention. It’s a revolving bowl for tired goldfish.”

11. “I’ve got a new invention. It’s a revolving bowl for tired goldfish.”

— Lefty Gomez

Lefty Gomez Quote: “I never had a bad night in my life, but I’ve had a few bad mornings.”

12. “I never had a bad night in my life, but I’ve had a few bad mornings.”

— Lefty Gomez

Lefty Gomez Quote: “Only triple I ever got.”

13. “Only triple I ever got.”

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Lefty Gomez Quote: “I was never nervous when I had the ball, but when I let go I was scared to death.”

14. “I was never nervous when I had the ball, but when I let go I was scared to death.”

— Lefty Gomez

Lefty Gomez Quote: “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.”

15. “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.”

— Lefty Gomez

Lefty Gomez Quote: “I’m the guy that made Joe DiMaggio famous.”

16. “I’m the guy that made Joe DiMaggio famous.”

— Lefty Gomez

Lefty Gomez Quote: “I want to thank all my teammates who scored so many runs and Joe DiMaggio, who ran down so many of my mistakes.”

17. “I want to thank all my teammates who scored so many runs and Joe DiMaggio, who ran down so many of my mistakes.”

— Lefty Gomez

Lefty Gomez Quote: “I talked to the ball a lot of times in my career. I yelled, “Go foul. Go foul.””

18. “I talked to the ball a lot of times in my career. I yelled, “Go foul. Go foul.””

— Lefty Gomez

Lefty Gomez Quote: “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.”

19. “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.”

— Lefty Gomez

Lefty Gomez Quote: “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?””

20. “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?””

— Lefty Gomez

Lefty Gomez Quote: “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.”

21. “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.”

— Lefty Gomez

Lefty Gomez Quote: “We lost 14 straight. Then we had a game rained out and it felt so good we had a victory dinner.”

22. “We lost 14 straight. Then we had a game rained out and it felt so good we had a victory dinner.”

— Lefty Gomez

Lefty Gomez Quote: “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.”

23. “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.”

— Lefty Gomez

Lefty Gomez Quote: “I don’t know. I’ve never been on second before.”

24. “I don’t know. I’ve never been on second before.”

— Lefty Gomez

Lefty Gomez Quote: “He’s in a rut. Gehringer goes two for five on opening day and stays that way all season.”

25. “He’s in a rut. Gehringer goes two for five on opening day and stays that way all season.”

— Lefty Gomez

Lefty Gomez Quote: “I’d rather not throw the ball at all.”

26. “I’d rather not throw the ball at all.”

— Lefty Gomez

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