I’d give a year of my life if I could hit a homerun on opening day of this great new park.
BABE RUTHWhat do I think about when I strike out? I think about hitting home runs.
More Babe Ruth Quotes
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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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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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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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I hear the cheers when they roared and the jeers when they echoed.
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Well, the good Lord and good luck must have been with me because I did exactly what I said I was going to do.
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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.
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Baseball was, is and always will be to me the best game in the world.
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The only real game, I think, in the world is baseball.
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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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What do I think about when I strike out? I think about hitting home runs.
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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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What the hell difference does it make?
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Every strike brings me closer to the next home run.
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Let me show you how it’s done, Loser!
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I hit an inside-the-park home run! I beat it out! Can you believe that?
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