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