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.
BABE RUTHThe only real game, I think, in the world is baseball.
More Babe Ruth Quotes
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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 said I’m going to hit the next one right over the flagpole. God must have been with me.
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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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Let me show you how it’s done, Loser!
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It’s hard to beat a person that never gives up.
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Each strikeout brings me closer to my next homerun.
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Don’t be afraid to take advice. There’s always something new to learn.
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If it wasn’t for baseball, I’d be in either the penitentiary or the cemetery.
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I’d give a year of my life if I could hit a homerun on opening day of this great new park.
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Gee, its lonesome in the outfield. It’s hard to keep awake with nothing to do.
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They started something here, and the kids are keeping the ball rolling.
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I hit an inside-the-park home run! I beat it out! Can you believe that?
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Love the game of baseball and baseball will love you.
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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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What the hell difference does it make?
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Paris ain’t much of a town.
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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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If I’d just tried for them dinky singles I could’ve batted around 600.
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Baseball was, is and always will be to me the best game in the world.
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A part of control is learning to correct your weaknesses.
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All ballplayers should quit when it starts to feel as if all the baselines run uphill.
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That last one sounded kinda high to me.
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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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Every Strike is one step closer to a Home Run.
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Wealth is always attracted, never pursued.
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Yesterday’s home runs don’t win today’s games.
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