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.
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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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They started something here, and the kids are keeping the ball rolling.
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If it wasn’t for baseball, I’d be in either the penitentiary or the cemetery.
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Every Strike is one step closer to a Home Run.
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I said I’m going to hit the next one right over the flagpole. God must have been with me.
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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 learned early to drink beer, wine and whiskey. And I think I was about 5 when I first chewed tobacco.
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The only real game, I think, in the world is baseball.
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I hear the cheers when they roared and the jeers when they echoed.
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Don’t let the fear of striking out hold you back.
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Life is a game like any other; we just don’t take it as seriously.
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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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Every strike brings me closer to the next home run.
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I won’t be happy until we have every boy in America between the ages of six and sixteen wearing a glove and swinging a bat.
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