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.
BABE RUTHYesterday’s home runs don’t win today’s games.
More Babe Ruth Quotes
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Baseball is the greatest game in the world and deserves the best you can give it.
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If I’d just tried for them dinky singles I could’ve batted around 600.
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Heroes get remembered, but legends never die.
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Reading isn’t good for a ballplayer. Not good for his eyes. If my eyes went bad even a little bit I couldn’t hit home runs. So I gave up reading.
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What the hell difference does it make?
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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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(Ty) Cobb is a prick. But he sure can hit. God Almighty, that man can hit.
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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 had only one superstition. I made sure to touch all the bases when I hit a home run.
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It’s hard to beat a person that never gives 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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If you want to hit home runs, you’ve go to swing a lot.
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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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Baseball changes through the years. It gets milder.
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You just can’t beat the person who never gives up.
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