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