If it wasn’t for baseball, I’d be in either the penitentiary or the cemetery.
BABE RUTHRead about your case of amnesia. Must be a new brand.
More Babe Ruth Quotes
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Each strikeout brings me closer to my next homerun.
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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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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 I’d just tried for them dinky singles I could’ve batted around 600.
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It’s hard to beat somebody when they don’t give up.
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How about a little noise. How do you expect a man to putt?
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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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Wealth is always attracted, never pursued.
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I’d give a year of my life if I could hit a homerun on opening day of this great new park.
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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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If you want to hit home runs, you’ve go to swing a lot.
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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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I had only one superstition. I made sure to touch all the bases when I hit a home run.
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I don’t need to know where the green is. Where is the golf course?
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What do I think about when I strike out? I think about hitting home runs.
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