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Famous Babe Ruth Quotes
“Baseball was, is and always will be to me the best game in the world.”
“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.”
“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.”
“Don't be afraid to take advice. There's always something new to learn.”
“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'd play for half my salary if I could hit in this dump (Wrigley Field) all the time.”
“What the hell has Hoover got to do with it? Besides, I had a better year than he did.”