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.
BABE RUTHIf it wasn’t for baseball, I’d be in either the penitentiary or the cemetery.
More Babe Ruth Quotes
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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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It’s hard to beat a person that never gives up.
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I learned early to drink beer, wine and whiskey. And I think I was about 5 when I first chewed tobacco.
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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 thank heaven we have had baseball in this world,the kids, our national pastime.
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Well, the good Lord and good luck must have been with me because I did exactly what I said I was going to do.
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Yesterday’s home runs don’t win today’s games.
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It’s hard to beat somebody when they don’t give up.
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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 won’t be happy until we have every boy in America between the ages of six and sixteen wearing a glove and swinging a bat.
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The way a team plays as a whole determines its success.
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If it wasn’t for baseball, I’d be in either the penitentiary or the cemetery.
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Don’t ever forget two things I’m going to tell you. One, don’t believe everything that’s written about you. Two, don’t pick up too many checks.
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They started something here, and the kids are keeping the ball rolling.
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Love the game of baseball and baseball will love you.
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