If it wasn’t for baseball, I’d be in either the penitentiary or the cemetery.
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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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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I don’t need to know where the green is. Where is the golf course?
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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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I had only one superstition. I made sure to touch all the bases when I hit a home run.
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Life is a game like any other; we just don’t take it as seriously.
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I thank heaven we have had baseball in this world,the kids, our national pastime.
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Don’t be afraid to take advice. There’s always something new to learn.
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Heroes get remembered, but legends never die.
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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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I’m only going one way.
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They started something here, and the kids are keeping the ball rolling.
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Don’t let the fear of striking out hold you back.
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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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Wealth is always attracted, never pursued.
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To my sick little pal. I will try to knock you another homer, maybe two today.
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