I didn’t mean to hit the umpire with the dirt, but I did mean to hit that bastard in the stands.
BABE RUTHI’m only going one way.
More Babe Ruth Quotes
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Heroes get remembered, but legends never die.
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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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They started something here, and the kids are keeping the ball rolling.
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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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It’s hard to beat a person that never gives up.
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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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What do I think about when I strike out? I think about hitting home runs.
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(Ty) Cobb is a prick. But he sure can hit. God Almighty, that man can hit.
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The only real game, I think, in the world is baseball.
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Yesterday’s home runs don’t win today’s games.
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If 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.
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Life is a game like any other; we just don’t take it as seriously.
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Who is richer? The man who is seen, but cannot see? Or the man who is not being seen, but can see?
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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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Baseball was, is and always will be to me the best game in the world.
BABE RUTH







