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.
BABE RUTHThey started something here, and the kids are keeping the ball rolling.
More Babe Ruth Quotes
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You just can’t beat the person who never gives up.
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Who is richer? The man who is seen, but cannot see? Or the man who is not being seen, but can see?
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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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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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Baseball changes through the years. It gets milder.
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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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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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Paris ain’t much of a town.
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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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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 said I’m going to hit the next one right over the flagpole. God must have been with me.
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Life is a game like any other; we just don’t take it as seriously.
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How about a little noise. How do you expect a man to putt?
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Baseball is the greatest game in the world and deserves the best you can give it.
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