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.
BABE RUTH
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Babe Ruth58 quotes“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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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.
Babe RuthBabe Ruth The way a team plays as a whole determines its success.
Babe RuthBabe Ruth I won’t be happy until we have every boy in America between the ages of six and sixteen wearing a glove and swinging a bat.
Babe RuthBabe Ruth 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.
Babe RuthBabe Ruth 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.
Babe RuthBabe Ruth Well, the good Lord and good luck must have been with me because I did exactly what I said I was going to do.
Babe RuthBabe Ruth Who is richer? The man who is seen, but cannot see? Or the man who is not being seen, but can see?
Babe RuthBabe Ruth I’d give a year of my life if I could hit a homerun on opening day of this great new park.
Babe RuthBabe Ruth Each strikeout brings me closer to my next homerun.
Babe RuthBabe Ruth Baseball is the greatest game in the world and deserves the best you can give it.
Babe RuthBabe Ruth Don’t ever forget two things I’m going to tell you. One, don’t believe everything that’s written about you. Two, don’t pick up too many checks.
Babe RuthBabe Ruth Baseball changes through the years. It gets milder.
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Babe RuthBabe Ruth 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.
Babe RuthBabe Ruth It’s hard to beat somebody when they don’t give up.
Babe RuthBabe Ruth If I’d just tried for them dinky singles I could’ve batted around 600.
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Babe RuthBabe Ruth I hear the cheers when they roared and the jeers when they echoed.
Babe RuthBabe Ruth I said I’m going to hit the next one right over the flagpole. God must have been with me.
Babe RuthBabe Ruth I don’t blame the players today for the money. I blame the owners. They started it. They wanna give it to ’em? More power to ’em.
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