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