I had only one superstition. I made sure to touch all the bases when I hit a home run.
BABE RUTHAll ballplayers should quit when it starts to feel as if all the baselines run uphill.
More Babe Ruth Quotes
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Each strikeout brings me closer to my next homerun.
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Every strike brings me closer to the next home run.
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It’s hard to beat somebody when they don’t give up.
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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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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 hit an inside-the-park home run! I beat it out! Can you believe that?
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(Ty) Cobb is a prick. But he sure can hit. God Almighty, that man can hit.
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You just can’t beat the person who never gives up.
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The only real game, I think, in the world is baseball.
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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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If you want to hit home runs, you’ve go to swing a lot.
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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.
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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.
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To my sick little pal. I will try to knock you another homer, maybe two today.
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It’s hard to beat a person that never gives up.
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