To my sick little pal. I will try to knock you another homer, maybe two today.
BABE RUTHDon’t ever forget two things I’m going to tell you. One, don’t believe everything that’s written about you. Two, don’t pick up too many checks.
More Babe Ruth Quotes
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I hit an inside-the-park home run! I beat it out! Can you believe that?
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What the hell difference does it make?
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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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They started something here, and the kids are keeping the ball rolling.
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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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I’d play for half my salary if I could hit in this dump (Wrigley Field) all the time.
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A part of control is learning to correct your weaknesses.
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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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All ballplayers should quit when it starts to feel as if all the baselines run uphill.
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Baseball is the greatest game in the world and deserves the best you can give it.
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You just can’t beat the person who never gives up.
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What I am, what I have, what I am going to leave behind me – all this I owe to the game of baseball.
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Let me show you how it’s done, Loser!
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Each strikeout brings me closer to my next homerun.
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Don’t ever forget two things I’m going to tell you. One, don’t believe everything that’s written about you. Two, don’t pick up too many checks.
BABE RUTH