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