The most important thing that a young athlete must do it pick the right sport. Not one that they like just a little bit, but one that they love. Because,if they don’t really love their sport, they won’t work as hard as they should. Me? I loved to hit.
BABE RUTHI’d give a year of my life if I could hit a homerun on opening day of this great new park.
More Babe Ruth Quotes
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Don’t be afraid to take advice. There’s always something new to learn.
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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 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 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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Wealth is always attracted, never pursued.
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If it wasn’t for baseball, I’d be in either the penitentiary or the cemetery.
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What the hell difference does it make?
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A part of control is learning to correct your weaknesses.
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Every strike brings me closer to the next home run.
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Baseball is the greatest game in the world and deserves the best you can give it.
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Let me show you how it’s done, Loser!
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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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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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They started something here, and the kids are keeping the ball rolling.
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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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