All ballplayers should quit when it starts to feel as if all the baselines run uphill.
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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I had only one superstition. I made sure to touch all the bases when I hit a home run.
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A part of control is learning to correct your weaknesses.
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Yesterday’s home runs don’t win today’s games.
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The only real game, I think, in the world is baseball.
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Love the game of baseball and baseball will love you.
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The way a team plays as a whole determines its success.
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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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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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Gee, its lonesome in the outfield. It’s hard to keep awake with nothing to do.
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I thank heaven we have had baseball in this world,the kids, our national pastime.
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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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Every Strike is one step closer to a Home Run.
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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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Well, the good Lord and good luck must have been with me because I did exactly what I said I was going to do.
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Baseball changes through the years. It gets milder.
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