I’d give a year of my life if I could hit a homerun on opening day of this great new park.
BABE RUTHAs 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.
More Babe Ruth Quotes
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Don’t be afraid to take advice. There’s always something new to learn.
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Each strikeout brings me closer to my next homerun.
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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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Baseball is the greatest game in the world and deserves the best you can give it.
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I hear the cheers when they roared and the jeers when they echoed.
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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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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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What do I think about when I strike out? I think about hitting home runs.
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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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If you want to hit home runs, you’ve go to swing a lot.
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It’s hard to beat somebody when they don’t give up.
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To my sick little pal. I will try to knock you another homer, maybe two today.
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Wealth is always attracted, never pursued.
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I thank heaven we have had baseball in this world,the kids, our national pastime.
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I don’t need to know where the green is. Where is the golf course?
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I said I’m going to hit the next one right over the flagpole. God must have been with me.
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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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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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Read about your case of amnesia. Must be a new brand.
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Don’t let the fear of striking out hold you back.
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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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Love the game of baseball and baseball will love you.
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A part of control is learning to correct your weaknesses.
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I’m only going one way.
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I hit an inside-the-park home run! I beat it out! Can you believe that?
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Paris ain’t much of a town.
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