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