The only real game, I think, in the world is baseball.
BABE RUTHLet me show you how it’s done, Loser!
More Babe Ruth Quotes
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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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I’d play for half my salary if I could hit in this dump (Wrigley Field) all the time.
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I didn’t mean to hit the umpire with the dirt, but I did mean to hit that bastard in the stands.
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Read about your case of amnesia. Must be a new brand.
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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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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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If it wasn’t for baseball, I’d be in either the penitentiary or the cemetery.
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Yesterday’s home runs don’t win today’s games.
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Don’t let the fear of striking out hold you back.
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(Ty) Cobb is a prick. But he sure can hit. God Almighty, that man can hit.
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How about a little noise. How do you expect a man to putt?
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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 hear the cheers when they roared and the jeers when they echoed.
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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.
BABE RUTH







