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.
BABE RUTHThe way a team plays as a whole determines its success. You may have the greatest bunch of individual stars in the world, but if they don’t play together, the club won’t be worth a dime.
More Babe Ruth Quotes
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Love the game of baseball and baseball will love you.
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That last one sounded kinda high to me.
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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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I don’t need to know where the green is. Where is the golf course?
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Baseball changes through the years. It gets milder.
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I had only one superstition. I made sure to touch all the bases when I hit a home run.
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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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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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To my sick little pal. I will try to knock you another homer, maybe two today.
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Yesterday’s home runs don’t win today’s games.
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Every strike brings me closer to the next home run.
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I hear the cheers when they roared and the jeers when they echoed.
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(Ty) Cobb is a prick. But he sure can hit. God Almighty, that man can hit.
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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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You just can’t beat the person who never gives up.
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