Well, the good Lord and good luck must have been with me because I did exactly what I said I was going to do.
BABE RUTHIt’s hard to beat somebody when they don’t give up.
More Babe Ruth Quotes
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I hear the cheers when they roared and the jeers when they echoed.
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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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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.
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The only real game, I think, in the world is baseball.
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It’s hard to beat somebody when they don’t give up.
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(Ty) Cobb is a prick. But he sure can hit. God Almighty, that man can hit.
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You just can’t beat the person who never gives up.
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All ballplayers should quit when it starts to feel as if all the baselines run uphill.
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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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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’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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I’d play for half my salary if I could hit in this dump (Wrigley Field) all the time.
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What do I think about when I strike out? I think about hitting home runs.
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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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I thank heaven we have had baseball in this world,the kids, our national pastime.
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If it wasn’t for baseball, I’d be in either the penitentiary or the cemetery.
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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 said I’m going to hit the next one right over the flagpole. God must have been with me.
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To my sick little pal. I will try to knock you another homer, maybe two today.
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I hit an inside-the-park home run! I beat it out! Can you believe that?
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A part of control is learning to correct your weaknesses.
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Each strikeout brings me closer to my next homerun.
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The way a team plays as a whole determines its success.
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It’s hard to beat a person that never gives up.
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Gee, its lonesome in the outfield. It’s hard to keep awake with nothing to do.
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Every strike brings me closer to the next home run.
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