If I’d just tried for them dinky singles I could’ve batted around 600.
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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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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Baseball is the greatest game in the world and deserves the best you can give it.
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What the hell difference does it make?
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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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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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The 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.
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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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To my sick little pal. I will try to knock you another homer, maybe two today.
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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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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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I’d play for half my salary if I could hit in this dump (Wrigley Field) all the time.
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It’s hard to beat somebody when they don’t give up.
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I hit an inside-the-park home run! I beat it out! Can you believe that?
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