Baseball was, is and always will be to me the best game in the world.
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.
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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.
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I didn’t mean to hit the umpire with the dirt, but I did mean to hit that bastard in the stands.
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Don’t let the fear of striking out hold you back.
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Baseball is the greatest game in the world and deserves the best you can give it.
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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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I’m only going one way.
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Wealth is always attracted, never pursued.
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Let me show you how it’s done, Loser!
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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 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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What do I think about when I strike out? I think about hitting home runs.
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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.
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Baseball changes through the years. It gets milder.
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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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