I had only one superstition. I made sure to touch all the bases when I hit a home run.
BABE RUTH(Ty) Cobb is a prick. But he sure can hit. God Almighty, that man can hit.
More Babe Ruth Quotes
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A part of control is learning to correct your weaknesses.
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Love the game of baseball and baseball will love you.
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Baseball is the greatest game in the world and deserves the best you can give it.
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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’m only going one way.
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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.
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Baseball changes through the years. It gets milder.
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Don’t be afraid to take advice. There’s always something new to learn.
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I don’t need to know where the green is. Where is the golf course?
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Each strikeout brings me closer to my next homerun.
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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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(Ty) Cobb is a prick. But he sure can hit. God Almighty, that man can hit.
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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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I’d play for half my salary if I could hit in this dump (Wrigley Field) all the time.
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To my sick little pal. I will try to knock you another homer, maybe two today.
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