I didn’t mean to hit the umpire with the dirt, but I did mean to hit that bastard in the stands.
BABE RUTHI hit an inside-the-park home run! I beat it out! Can you believe that?
More Babe Ruth Quotes
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They started something here, and the kids are keeping the ball rolling.
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I swing big, with everything I’ve got. I hit big or I miss big. I like to live as big as I can.
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You know this baseball game of ours comes up from the youth – that means the boys. And after you’ve been a boy, and grow up to know how to play ball, then you come to the boys you see representing themselves today in our national pastime.
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The way a team plays as a whole determines its success.
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Gee, its lonesome in the outfield. It’s hard to keep awake with nothing to do.
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I’d play for half my salary if I could hit in this dump (Wrigley Field) all the time.
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A man ought to get all he can earn. A man who knows he’s making money for other people ought to get some of the profit he brings in. Don’t make any difference if it’s baseball or a bank or a vaudeville show. It’s business, I tell you. There ain’t no sentiment to it. Forget that stuff.
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I had only one superstition. I made sure to touch all the bases when I hit a home run.
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What the hell difference does it make?
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Heroes get remembered, but legends never die.
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Don’t let the fear of striking out hold you back.
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I’m only going one way.
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The way a team plays as a whole determines its success. You may have the greatest bunch of individual stars in the world, but if they don’t play together, the club won’t be worth a dime.
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Baseball was, is and always will be to me the best game in the world.
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It’s hard to beat somebody when they don’t give up.
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