Well, the good Lord and good luck must have been with me because I did exactly what I said I was going to do.
BABE RUTHI didn’t mean to hit the umpire with the dirt, but I did mean to hit that bastard in the stands.
More Babe Ruth Quotes
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What the hell difference does it make?
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Paris ain’t much of a town.
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All ballplayers should quit when it starts to feel as if all the baselines run uphill.
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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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That last one sounded kinda high to me.
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Baseball changes through the years. It gets milder.
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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 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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Who is richer? The man who is seen, but cannot see? Or the man who is not being seen, but can see?
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Each strikeout brings me closer to my next homerun.
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(Ty) Cobb is a prick. But he sure can hit. God Almighty, that man can hit.
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I hit an inside-the-park home run! I beat it out! Can you believe that?
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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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They started something here, and the kids are keeping the ball rolling.
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Life is a game like any other; we just don’t take it as seriously.
BABE RUTH