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.
BABE RUTHYou 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.
More Babe Ruth Quotes
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Baseball changes through the years. It gets milder.
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Gee, its lonesome in the outfield. It’s hard to keep awake with nothing to do.
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I thank heaven we have had baseball in this world,the kids, our national pastime.
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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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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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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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Every strike brings me closer to the next home run.
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A part of control is learning to correct your weaknesses.
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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.
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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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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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All ballplayers should quit when it starts to feel as if all the baselines run uphill.
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It’s hard to beat a person that never gives up.
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I don’t need to know where the green is. Where is the golf course?
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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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