Baseball changes through the years. It gets milder.
BABE RUTHDon’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.
More Babe Ruth Quotes
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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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If you want to hit home runs, you’ve go to swing a lot.
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Baseball was, is and always will be to me the best game in the world.
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(Ty) Cobb is a prick. But he sure can hit. God Almighty, that man can hit.
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The only real game, I think, in the world is baseball.
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Paris ain’t much of a town.
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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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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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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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That last one sounded kinda high to me.
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I hit an inside-the-park home run! I beat it out! Can you believe that?
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Yesterday’s home runs don’t win today’s games.
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Heroes get remembered, but legends never die.
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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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What do I think about when I strike out? I think about hitting home runs.
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