123 Quotes by Babe Ruth

You know this baseball game of ours comes up from the youth – that means the boys. And after you’ve been a boy, and grow up to know how to play ball, then you come to the boys you see representing themselves today in our national pastime.

If it wasn’t for baseball, I’d be in either the penitentiary or the cemetery. I have the same violent temper my father and older brother had. Both died of injuries from street fights in Baltimore, fights begun by flare-ups of their tempers.

I won’t be happy until we have every boy in America between the ages of six and sixteen wearing a glove and swinging a bat.

Don’t ever forget two things I’m going to tell you. One, don’t believe everything that’s written about you. Two, don’t pick up too many checks.

Hotter ’n hell, ain’t it, Prez?

I didn’t mean to hit the umpire with the dirt, but I did mean to hit that bastard in the stands.

As soon as I got out there I felt a strange relationship with the pitcher’s mound. It was as if I’d been born out there. Pitching just felt like the most natural thing in the world. Striking out batters was easy.

You just can't beat the person who just won't give up.

It's hard to beat a person who never gives up.