I had only one superstition. I made sure to touch all the bases when I hit a home run.
BABE RUTHI had only one superstition. I made sure to touch all the bases when I hit a home run.
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Wealth is always attracted, never pursued.
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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.
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You just can’t beat the person who never gives up.
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The way a team plays as a whole determines its success.
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Each strikeout brings me closer to my next homerun.
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If I’d just tried for them dinky singles I could’ve batted around 600.
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Don’t let the fear of striking out hold you back.
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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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The only real game, I think, in the world is baseball.
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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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(Ty) Cobb is a prick. But he sure can hit. God Almighty, that man can hit.
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The way a team plays as a whole determines its success. You may have the greatest bunch of individual stars in the world, but if they don’t play together, the club won’t be worth a dime.
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What do I think about when I strike out? I think about hitting home runs.
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Yesterday’s home runs don’t win today’s games.
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I don’t need to know where the green is. Where is the golf course?
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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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What the hell difference does it make?
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I hear the cheers when they roared and the jeers when they echoed.
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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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To my sick little pal. I will try to knock you another homer, maybe two today.
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If you want to hit home runs, you’ve go to swing a lot.
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Heroes get remembered, but legends never die.
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Baseball changes through the years. It gets milder.
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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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