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.
BABE RUTHBaseball was, is and always will be to me the best game in the world.
More Babe Ruth Quotes
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I’m only going one way.
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Baseball was, is and always will be to me the best game in the world.
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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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What the hell difference does it make?
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I swing big, with everything I’ve got. I hit big or I miss big. I like to live as big as I can.
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That last one sounded kinda high to me.
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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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I hear the cheers when they roared and the jeers when they echoed.
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You just can’t beat the person who never gives up.
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Paris ain’t much of a town.
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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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I hit an inside-the-park home run! I beat it out! Can you believe that?
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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 brings me closer to the next home run.
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