Don’t be afraid to take advice. There’s always something new to learn.
BABE RUTHThe 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.
More Babe Ruth Quotes
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A part of control is learning to correct your weaknesses.
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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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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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I’d play for half my salary if I could hit in this dump (Wrigley Field) all the time.
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Read about your case of amnesia. Must be a new brand.
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Love the game of baseball and baseball will love you.
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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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The way a team plays as a whole determines its success.
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What do I think about when I strike out? I think about hitting home runs.
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If it wasn’t for baseball, I’d be in either the penitentiary or the cemetery.
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Paris ain’t much of a town.
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What I am, what I have, what I am going to leave behind me – all this I owe to the game of baseball.
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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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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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If I’d just tried for them dinky singles I could’ve batted around 600.
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