Quotes by Babe Ruth

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.

Let me show you how it's done... Loser!

Baseball is just a game. It's supposed to be fun.

Calling a strike on Babe Ruth in a pinch? You could look for another umpire in the morning.

I would have struck out more if I'd never swung.

I dream of hitting a home run that would knock the clouds out of the sky and land in the next county.

Those who can't play, teach.

Heroes get remembered, but legends never die.

I never doubted my ability to hit.

Kids ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I tell them, 'I just try to live so good in the winter that people forget how bad I played in the summer.'

I wasn't afraid of striking out. I was just afraid of not swinging.

Baseball was, is and always will be to me the best game in the world.

Every strike brings me closer to the next home run.

I'd walk to the plate with confidence. I knew I could hit.

Yesterday's home runs don't win today's games.

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.

Never let the fear of striking out keep you from playing the game.

You just can't beat the person who never gives up.