Reading isn’t good for a ballplayer. Not good for his eyes. If my eyes went bad even a little bit I couldn’t hit home runs. So I gave up reading.
BABE RUTHThe only real game, I think, in the world is baseball.
More Babe Ruth Quotes
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What the hell difference does it make?
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Wealth is always attracted, never pursued.
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It’s hard to beat a person that never gives up.
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Each strikeout brings me closer to my next homerun.
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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.
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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’m only going one way.
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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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Life is a game like any other; we just don’t take it as seriously.
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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 had only one superstition. I made sure to touch all the bases when I hit a home run.
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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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Heroes get remembered, but legends never die.
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How about a little noise. How do you expect a man to putt?
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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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