“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.”
“I was standing next to a fence, looking at a ballplayer.”
“I’m still the same as I was when I was a kid.”
“I’d play for half my salary if I could play in a park like Yankee Stadium every day.”
“I’d play for a lot less.”
“I was a pretty good pitcher.”
“I was the best hitter, and I could run.”
“I’m not a fancy guy.”
“Baseball changes through the years. It gets milder.”
“Baseball was, is and always will be to me the best game in the world.”
“What the hell has that got to do with baseball?” (when asked about eating hot dogs before a game)
“Never let the fear of striking out keep you from playing the game.”
“I’m proud to have played for the Yankees.”
“Heroes get remembered, but legends never die.”
“I swing big, with everything I’ve got. I hit big or I miss big. I like to live as big as I can.”
“I’m a hunch player.”
“I was a bad kid.”
“I was just a regular kid.”
“The only real game, I think, in the world is baseball.”
“I was a big dumb kid.”
“I thank heaven we had baseball in this world.”
“I had only one superstition. I made sure to touch all the bases when I hit a home run.”
“You can’t beat the game.”
“Don’t let the fear of striking out hold you back.”
“I didn’t mean to hit the umpire with the dirt, but I did mean to hit that bastard in the stands.”
“I’m only going to be 20 once.”
“I’m just a kid at heart.”
“I only have one superstition: Touch all the bases when I hit a home run.”
“All I can tell them is pick a good one and sock it.”
“I’d just like to retire a Yankee.”
“I was born on a Christmas Day.”
“I’d give a year of my life if I could hit a home run on opening day of this great new park (Yankee Stadium).”
“I’m glad that I’ve played every position in baseball.”
“I hear the cheers when they roared and the jeers when they echoed.”
“I never followed anybody’s rules.”
“I’m a what?”
“It’s hard to beat a person who never gives up.”
“You just can’t beat the person who never gives up.”
“I’m no good in the morning.”
“I’ve never heard a crowd boo a homer, but I’ve heard plenty of boos after a strikeout.”
Babe Ruth Quotes :
“Every strike brings me closer to the next home run.”
“I’m a good guy.”
“Baseball is the greatest game in the world and deserves the best you can give it.”
“If it wasn’t for baseball, I’d be in either the penitentiary or the cemetery.”
READ MORE AUTHORS QUOTES:
“I was the best they ever had.”
“I never heard a crowd boo a homer, but I’ve heard plenty of boos after a strikeout.”
“I always swing for the fences.”