Every Strike is one step closer to a Home Run.
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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That last one sounded kinda high to 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 was, is and always will be to me the best game in the world.
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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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Who is richer? The man who is seen, but cannot see? Or the man who is not being seen, but can see?
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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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Life is a game like any other; we just don’t take it as seriously.
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Gee, its lonesome in the outfield. It’s hard to keep awake with nothing to do.
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The only real game, I think, in the world is baseball.
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Baseball changes through the years. It gets milder.
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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’d play for half my salary if I could hit in this dump (Wrigley Field) all the time.
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If it wasn’t for baseball, I’d be in either the penitentiary or the cemetery.
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Don’t let the fear of striking out hold you back.
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To my sick little pal. I will try to knock you another homer, maybe two today.
BABE RUTH







