(Ty) Cobb is a prick. But he sure can hit. God Almighty, that man can hit.
BABE RUTHI had only one superstition. I made sure to touch all the bases when I hit a home run.
More Babe Ruth Quotes
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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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I thank heaven we have had baseball in this world,the kids, our national pastime.
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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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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 I am, what I have, what I am going to leave behind me – all this I owe to the game of baseball.
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A part of control is learning to correct your weaknesses.
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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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Love the game of baseball and baseball will love you.
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If it wasn’t for baseball, I’d be in either the penitentiary or the cemetery.
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They started something here, and the kids are keeping the ball rolling.
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How about a little noise. How do you expect a man to putt?
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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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If I’d just tried for them dinky singles I could’ve batted around 600.
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Gee, its lonesome in the outfield. It’s hard to keep awake with nothing to do.
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