That last one sounded kinda high to me.
BABE RUTHA 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.
More Babe Ruth Quotes
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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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It’s hard to beat somebody when they don’t give up.
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If you want to hit home runs, you’ve go to swing a lot.
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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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Gee, its lonesome in the outfield. It’s hard to keep awake with nothing to do.
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Yesterday’s home runs don’t win today’s games.
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How about a little noise. How do you expect a man to putt?
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Let me show you how it’s done, Loser!
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All ballplayers should quit when it starts to feel as if all the baselines run uphill.
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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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Every strike brings me closer to the next home run.
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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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(Ty) Cobb is a prick. But he sure can hit. God Almighty, that man can hit.
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A part of control is learning to correct your weaknesses.
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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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