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.
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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Wealth is always attracted, never pursued.
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A part of control is learning to correct your weaknesses.
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How about a little noise. How do you expect a man to putt?
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If it wasn’t for baseball, I’d be in either the penitentiary or the cemetery.
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What do I think about when I strike out? I think about hitting home runs.
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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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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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Paris ain’t much of a town.
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All ballplayers should quit when it starts to feel as if all the baselines run uphill.
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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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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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Baseball changes through the years. It gets milder.
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I don’t need to know where the green is. Where is the golf course?
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Life is a game like any other; we just don’t take it as seriously.
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