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 RUTHIf 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.
More Babe Ruth Quotes
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It’s hard to beat a person that never gives up.
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They started something here, and the kids are keeping the ball rolling.
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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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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 let the fear of striking out hold you back.
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To my sick little pal. I will try to knock you another homer, maybe two today.
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What the hell difference does it make?
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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 hit an inside-the-park home run! I beat it out! Can you believe that?
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Each strikeout brings me closer to my next homerun.
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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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If you want to hit home runs, you’ve go to swing a lot.
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Baseball was, is and always will be to me the best game in the world.
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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 hear the cheers when they roared and the jeers when they echoed.
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