If it wasn’t for baseball, I’d be in either the penitentiary or the cemetery. I have the same violent temper my father and older brother had. Both died of injuries from street fights in Baltimore, fights begun by flare-ups of their tempers.
BABE RUTHIf it wasn’t for baseball, I’d be in either the penitentiary or the cemetery.
More Babe Ruth Quotes
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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 play for half my salary if I could hit in this dump (Wrigley Field) all the time.
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Yesterday’s home runs don’t win today’s games.
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A part of control is learning to correct your weaknesses.
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I hear the cheers when they roared and the jeers when they echoed.
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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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Baseball is the greatest game in the world and deserves the best you can give it.
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Love the game of baseball and baseball will love you.
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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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Each strikeout brings me closer to my next homerun.
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How about a little noise. How do you expect a man to putt?
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To my sick little pal. I will try to knock you another homer, maybe two today.
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I hit an inside-the-park home run! I beat it out! Can you believe that?
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The way a team plays as a whole determines its success.
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Every Strike is one step closer to a Home Run.
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