I said I’m going to hit the next one right over the flagpole. God must have been with me.
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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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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Paris ain’t much of a town.
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Every Strike is one step closer to a Home Run.
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Baseball changes through the years. It gets milder.
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Life is a game like any other; we just don’t take it as seriously.
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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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Every strike brings me closer to the next home run.
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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 you want to hit home runs, you’ve go to swing a lot.
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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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That last one sounded kinda high to me.
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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.
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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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(Ty) Cobb is a prick. But he sure can hit. God Almighty, that man can hit.
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The way a team plays as a whole determines its success.
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