Gee, its lonesome in the outfield. It’s hard to keep awake with nothing to do.
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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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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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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That last one sounded kinda high to me.
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I don’t need to know where the green is. Where is the golf course?
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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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What do I think about when I strike out? I think about hitting home runs.
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All ballplayers should quit when it starts to feel as if all the baselines run uphill.
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Don’t be afraid to take advice. There’s always something new to learn.
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I hear the cheers when they roared and the jeers when they echoed.
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You just can’t beat the person who never gives up.
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What the hell difference does it make?
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The only real game, I think, in the world is baseball.
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Yesterday’s home runs don’t win today’s games.
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Each strikeout brings me closer to my next homerun.
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If you want to hit home runs, you’ve go to swing a lot.
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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.
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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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If I’d just tried for them dinky singles I could’ve batted around 600.
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Heroes get remembered, but legends never die.
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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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It’s hard to beat somebody when they don’t give up.
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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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How about a little noise. How do you expect a man to putt?
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I hit an inside-the-park home run! I beat it out! Can you believe that?
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