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.
BABE RUTHWhat do I think about when I strike out? I think about hitting home runs.
More Babe Ruth Quotes
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Life is a game like any other; we just don’t take it as seriously.
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All ballplayers should quit when it starts to feel as if all the baselines run uphill.
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What do I think about when I strike out? I think about hitting home runs.
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As soon as I got out there I felt a strange relationship with the pitcher’s mound. It was as if I’d been born out there. Pitching just felt like the most natural thing in the world. Striking out batters was easy.
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Each strikeout brings me closer to my next homerun.
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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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If I’d just tried for them dinky singles I could’ve batted around 600.
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Baseball is the greatest game in the world and deserves the best you can give it.
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Yesterday’s home runs don’t win today’s games.
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I didn’t mean to hit the umpire with the dirt, but I did mean to hit that bastard in the stands.
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How about a little noise. How do you expect a man to putt?
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The most important thing that a young athlete must do it pick the right sport. Not one that they like just a little bit, but one that they love. Because,if they don’t really love their sport, they won’t work as hard as they should. Me? I loved to hit.
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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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That last one sounded kinda high to me.
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The only real game, I think, in the world is baseball.
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