If it wasn’t for baseball, I’d be in either the penitentiary or the cemetery.
BABE RUTHBaseball was, is and always will be to me the best game in the world.
More Babe Ruth Quotes
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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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I had only one superstition. I made sure to touch all the bases when I hit a home run.
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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. 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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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 learned early to drink beer, wine and whiskey. And I think I was about 5 when I first chewed tobacco.
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The way a team plays as a whole determines its success.
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They started something here, and the kids are keeping the ball rolling.
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Every strike brings me closer to the next home run.
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Gee, its lonesome in the outfield. It’s hard to keep awake with nothing to do.
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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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I hear the cheers when they roared and the jeers when they echoed.
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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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It’s hard to beat somebody when they don’t give up.
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That last one sounded kinda high to me.
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