What I am, what I have, what I am going to leave behind me – all this I owe to the game of baseball.
BABE RUTHI’d play for half my salary if I could hit in this dump (Wrigley Field) all the time.
More Babe Ruth Quotes
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All ballplayers should quit when it starts to feel as if all the baselines run uphill.
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Life is a game like any other; we just don’t take it as seriously.
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Read about your case of amnesia. Must be a new brand.
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Yesterday’s home runs don’t win today’s games.
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What do I think about when I strike out? I think about hitting home runs.
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Wealth is always attracted, never pursued.
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If I’d just tried for them dinky singles I could’ve batted around 600.
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The way a team plays as a whole determines its success.
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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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What the hell difference does it make?
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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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Don’t be afraid to take advice. There’s always something new to learn.
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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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The only real game, I think, in the world is baseball.
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