I learned early to drink beer, wine and whiskey. And I think I was about 5 when I first chewed tobacco.
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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I’d play for half my salary if I could hit in this dump (Wrigley Field) all the time.
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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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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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Yesterday’s home runs don’t win today’s games.
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How about a little noise. How do you expect a man to putt?
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What the hell difference does it make?
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Gee, its lonesome in the outfield. It’s hard to keep awake with nothing 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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To my sick little pal. I will try to knock you another homer, maybe two today.
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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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I had only one superstition. I made sure to touch all the bases when I hit a home run.
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They started something here, and the kids are keeping the ball rolling.
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(Ty) Cobb is a prick. But he sure can hit. God Almighty, that man can hit.
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Let me show you how it’s done, Loser!
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I hear the cheers when they roared and the jeers when they echoed.
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