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Famous Babe Ruth Quotes
“They started something here, and the kids are keeping the ball rolling.”
“I hit an inside-the-park home run! I beat it out! Can you believe that?”
“What do I think about when I strike out? I think about hitting home runs.”
“Baseball was, is and always will be to me the best game in the world.”
“Who is richer? The man who is seen, but cannot see? Or the man who is not being seen, but can see?”
“I had only one superstition. I made sure to touch all the bases when I hit a home run.”
“(Ty) Cobb is a prick. But he sure can hit. God Almighty, that man can hit.”
“I didn't mean to hit the umpire with the dirt, but I did mean to hit that bastard in the stands.”
“If I'd just tried for them dinky singles I could've batted around .600.”
“Gee, its lonesome in the outfield. It's hard to keep awake with nothing to do.”
“All ballplayers should quit when it starts to feel as if all the baselines run uphill.”
“Baseball changes through the years. It gets milder.”
“If it wasn't for baseball, I'd be in either the penitentiary or the cemetery.”
“How about a little noise. How do you expect a man to putt?”
“I hear the cheers when they roared and the jeers when they echoed.”
“I said I'm going to hit the next one right over the flagpole. God must have been with me.”
“Baseball is the greatest game in the world and deserves the best you can give it.”
“I've never heard a crowd boo a homer, but I've heard plenty of boos after a strikeout.”
“I thank heaven we have had baseball in this world... the kids... our national pastime.”
“What the hell has (Herbert) Hoover got to do with it? Anyway, I had a better year than he did.”
“I'd give a year of my life if I could hit a homerun on opening day of this great new park.”
“To my sick little pal. I will try to knock you another homer, maybe two today.”