123 Quotes by Babe Ruth

I hear the cheers when they roared and the jeers when they echoed.

I'd play for half my salary if I could hit in this dump (Wrigley Field) all the time.

Well, the good Lord and good luck must have been with me because I did exactly what I said I was going to do.

Read about your case of amnesia. Must be a new brand.

I copied (Shoeless Joe) Jackson's style because I thought he was the greatest hitter I had ever seen, the greatest natural hitter I ever saw. He's the guy who made me a hitter.

Wealth is always attracted, never pursued.

The curve and the fast one are important; the change of pace and the other trick deliveries are great but they're not worth a plugged nickel unless you have control to go along with them. And by control I don't mean the ability to put the ball over the plate somewhere between the shoulders and knees. I mean the ability to hit a three-inch target nine times out of ten, the sort of control that lets you put the ball in the exact spot you want it, and to play a corner to the split fraction of an inch.

I thank heaven we have had baseball in this world... the kids... our national pastime.

Whenever I hit a home run, I make certain I touch all four bases.