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.
BABE RUTHReading 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.
More Babe Ruth Quotes
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Let me show you how it’s done, Loser!
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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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Baseball changes through the years. It gets milder.
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If I’d just tried for them dinky singles I could’ve batted around 600.
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Well, the good Lord and good luck must have been with me because I did exactly what I said I was going to do.
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What the hell difference does it make?
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They started something here, and the kids are keeping the ball rolling.
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You just can’t beat the person who never gives up.
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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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Don’t let the fear of striking out hold you back.
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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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Heroes get remembered, but legends never die.
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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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It’s hard to beat a person that never gives up.
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Every strike brings me closer to the next home run.
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