The way a team plays as a whole determines its success.
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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If it wasn’t for baseball, I’d be in either the penitentiary or the cemetery. I have the same violent temper my father and older brother had. Both died of injuries from street fights in Baltimore, fights begun by flare-ups of their tempers.
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Baseball changes through the years. It gets milder.
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Yesterday’s home runs don’t win today’s games.
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Don’t be afraid to take advice. There’s always something new to learn.
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Reading isn’t good for a ballplayer. Not good for his eyes. If my eyes went bad even a little bit I couldn’t hit home runs. So I gave up reading.
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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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They started something here, and the kids are keeping the ball rolling.
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It’s hard to beat a person that never gives up.
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The only real game, I think, in the world is baseball.
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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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To my sick little pal. I will try to knock you another homer, maybe two today.
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What do I think about when I strike out? I think about hitting home runs.
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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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All ballplayers should quit when it starts to feel as if all the baselines run uphill.
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If it wasn’t for baseball, I’d be in either the penitentiary or the cemetery.
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