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 RUTHWell, the good Lord and good luck must have been with me because I did exactly what I said I was going to do.
More Babe Ruth Quotes
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I’d give a year of my life if I could hit a homerun on opening day of this great new park.
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Baseball is the greatest game in the world and deserves the best you can give it.
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Wealth is always attracted, never pursued.
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If you want to hit home runs, you’ve go to swing a lot.
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Love the game of baseball and baseball will love you.
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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’d play for half my salary if I could hit in this dump (Wrigley Field) all the time.
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That last one sounded kinda high to me.
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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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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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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.
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Life is a game like any other; we just don’t take it as seriously.
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Read about your case of amnesia. Must be a new brand.
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What the hell difference does it make?
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Heroes get remembered, but legends never die.
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