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.
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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What do I think about when I strike out? I think about hitting home runs.
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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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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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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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I’m only going one way.
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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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The way a team plays as a whole determines its success.
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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 hit an inside-the-park home run! I beat it out! Can you believe that?
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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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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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Baseball is the greatest game in the world and deserves the best you can give it.
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Gee, its lonesome in the outfield. It’s hard to keep awake with nothing to do.
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Heroes get remembered, but legends never die.
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It’s hard to beat a person that never gives up.
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