If it wasn’t for baseball, I’d be in either the penitentiary or the cemetery.
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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The only real game, I think, in the world is baseball.
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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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That last one sounded kinda high to me.
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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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The way a team plays as a whole determines its success.
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Don’t let the fear of striking out hold you back.
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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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A part of control is learning to correct your weaknesses.
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(Ty) Cobb is a prick. But he sure can hit. God Almighty, that man can hit.
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It’s hard to beat somebody when they don’t give up.
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I didn’t mean to hit the umpire with the dirt, but I did mean to hit that bastard in the stands.
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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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If I’d just tried for them dinky singles I could’ve batted around 600.
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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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