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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Yesterday’s home runs don’t win today’s games.
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I hear the cheers when they roared and the jeers when they echoed.
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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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(Ty) Cobb is a prick. But he sure can hit. God Almighty, that man can hit.
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The only real game, I think, in the world is baseball.
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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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It’s hard to beat a person that never gives up.
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I don’t need to know where the green is. Where is the golf course?
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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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Who is richer? The man who is seen, but cannot see? Or the man who is not being seen, but can see?
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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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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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Don’t let the fear of striking out hold you back.
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What do I think about when I strike out? I think about hitting home runs.
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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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