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.
BABE RUTHThe 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.
More Babe Ruth Quotes
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What I am, what I have, what I am going to leave behind me – all this I owe to the game of baseball.
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How about a little noise. How do you expect a man to putt?
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Wealth is always attracted, never pursued.
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What do I think about when I strike out? I think about hitting home runs.
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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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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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Love the game of baseball and baseball will love you.
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Don’t let the fear of striking out hold you back.
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I said I’m going to hit the next one right over the flagpole. God must have been with me.
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I don’t need to know where the green is. Where is the golf course?
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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 be afraid to take advice. There’s always something new to learn.
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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 thank heaven we have had baseball in this world,the kids, our national pastime.
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Yesterday’s home runs don’t win today’s games.
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