What I am, what I have, what I am going to leave behind me – all this I owe to the game of baseball.
BABE RUTHIf 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.
More Babe Ruth Quotes
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They started something here, and the kids are keeping the ball rolling.
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What do I think about when I strike out? I think about hitting home runs.
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If I’d just tried for them dinky singles I could’ve batted around 600.
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It’s hard to beat somebody when they don’t give up.
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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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I hear the cheers when they roared and the jeers when they echoed.
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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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Heroes get remembered, but legends never die.
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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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What the hell difference does it make?
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Wealth is always attracted, never pursued.
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Baseball was, is and always will be to me the best game in the world.
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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 said I’m going to hit the next one right over the flagpole. God must have been with me.
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Yesterday’s home runs don’t win today’s games.
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