It’s hard to beat a person that never gives up.
BABE RUTHIf I’d just tried for them dinky singles I could’ve batted around 600.
More Babe Ruth Quotes
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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.
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Wealth is always attracted, never pursued.
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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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Paris ain’t much of a town.
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If it wasn’t for baseball, I’d be in either the penitentiary or the cemetery.
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Heroes get remembered, but legends never die.
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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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I’m only going one way.
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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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Every strike brings me closer to the next home run.
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Love the game of baseball and baseball will love you.
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Baseball changes through the years. It gets milder.
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As soon as I got out there I felt a strange relationship with the pitcher’s mound. It was as if I’d been born out there. Pitching just felt like the most natural thing in the world. Striking out batters was easy.
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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 thank heaven we have had baseball in this world,the kids, our national pastime.
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