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