I had only one superstition. I made sure to touch all the bases when I hit a home run.
BABE RUTHI swing big, with everything I’ve got. I hit big or I miss big. I like to live as big as I can.
More Babe Ruth Quotes
-
-
They started something here, and the kids are keeping the ball rolling.
BABE RUTH -
I said I’m going to hit the next one right over the flagpole. God must have been with me.
BABE RUTH -
Baseball is the greatest game in the world and deserves the best you can give it.
BABE RUTH -
Every strike brings me closer to the next home run.
BABE RUTH -
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.
BABE RUTH -
If it wasn’t for baseball, I’d be in either the penitentiary or the cemetery.
BABE RUTH -
Yesterday’s home runs don’t win today’s games.
BABE RUTH -
Each strikeout brings me closer to my next homerun.
BABE RUTH -
I learned early to drink beer, wine and whiskey. And I think I was about 5 when I first chewed tobacco.
BABE RUTH -
I don’t need to know where the green is. Where is the golf course?
BABE RUTH -
What do I think about when I strike out? I think about hitting home runs.
BABE RUTH -
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.
BABE RUTH -
(Ty) Cobb is a prick. But he sure can hit. God Almighty, that man can hit.
BABE RUTH -
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 RUTH -
Baseball was, is and always will be to me the best game in the world.
BABE RUTH