All ballplayers should quit when it starts to feel as if all the baselines run uphill.
BABE RUTHHeroes get remembered, but legends never die.
More Babe Ruth Quotes
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To my sick little pal. I will try to knock you another homer, maybe two today.
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A part of control is learning to correct your weaknesses.
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They started something here, and the kids are keeping the ball rolling.
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I swing big, with everything I’ve got. I hit big or I miss big. I like to live as big as I can.
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I hear the cheers when they roared and the jeers when they echoed.
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If you want to hit home runs, you’ve go to swing a lot.
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Read about your case of amnesia. Must be a new brand.
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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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Don’t let the fear of striking out hold you back.
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Baseball changes through the years. It gets milder.
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Baseball is the greatest game in the world and deserves the best you can give it.
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Heroes get remembered, but legends never die.
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I thank heaven we have had baseball in this world,the kids, our national pastime.
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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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Don’t be afraid to take advice. There’s always something new to learn.
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What I am, what I have, what I am going to leave behind me – all this I owe to the game of baseball.
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Yesterday’s home runs don’t win today’s games.
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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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The way a team plays as a whole determines its success.
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I’d play for half my salary if I could hit in this dump (Wrigley Field) all the time.
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What do I think about when I strike out? I think about hitting home runs.
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Gee, its lonesome in the outfield. It’s hard to keep awake with nothing to do.
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Every strike brings me closer to the next home run.
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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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Life is a game like any other; we just don’t take it as seriously.
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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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