What I am, what I have, what I am going to leave behind me – all this I owe to the game of baseball.
BABE RUTHBaseball was, is and always will be to me the best game in the world.
More Babe Ruth Quotes
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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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(Ty) Cobb is a prick. But he sure can hit. God Almighty, that man can hit.
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That last one sounded kinda high to me.
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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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Every Strike is one step closer to a Home Run.
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Each strikeout brings me closer to my next homerun.
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Read about your case of amnesia. Must be a new brand.
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You just can’t beat the person who never gives up.
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What the hell difference does it make?
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Baseball changes through the years. It gets milder.
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Gee, its lonesome in the outfield. It’s hard to keep awake with nothing to do.
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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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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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I’m only going one way.
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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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