Every strike brings me closer to the next home run.

Quote by Babe Ruth

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If I'd just tried for them dinky singles I could've batted around .600.

If I'd just tried for them dinky singles I could've batted around .600.

Paris ain't much of a town.

Paris ain't much of a town.

How about a little noise. How do you expect a man to putt?

How about a little noise. How do you expect a man to putt?

I'll promise to go easier on drinking and to get to bed earlier, but not...

I'll promise to go easier on drinking and to get to bed earlier, but not...

How about a little noise. How do you expect a man to putt?

How about a little noise. How do you expect a man to putt?

If it wasn't for baseball, I'd be in either the penitentiary or the cemetery.

If it wasn't for baseball, I'd be in either the penitentiary or the cemetery.

All I can tell them is pick a good one and sock it. I get...

All I can tell them is pick a good one and sock it. I get...

Reading isn't good for a ballplayer. Not good for his eyes. If my eyes went...

Reading isn't good for a ballplayer. Not good for his eyes. If my eyes went...

Don't ever forget two things I'm going to tell you. One, don't believe everything that's...

Don't ever forget two things I'm going to tell you. One, don't believe everything that's...

Gee, its lonesome in the outfield. It's hard to keep awake with nothing to do.

Gee, its lonesome in the outfield. It's hard to keep awake with nothing to do.

If it wasn't for baseball, I'd be in either the penitentiary or the cemetery.

If it wasn't for baseball, I'd be in either the penitentiary or the cemetery.

The way a team plays as a whole determines its success. You may have the...

The way a team plays as a whole determines its success. You may have the...

Baseball changes through the years. It gets milder.

Baseball changes through the years. It gets milder.

I won't be happy until we have every boy in America between the ages of...

I won't be happy until we have every boy in America between the ages of...

Don't let the fear of striking out hold you back.

Don't let the fear of striking out hold you back.

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

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

All ballplayers should quit when it starts to feel as if all the baselines run...

All ballplayers should quit when it starts to feel as if all the baselines run...

Who is richer? The man who is seen, but cannot see? Or the man who...

Who is richer? The man who is seen, but cannot see? Or the man who...

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

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

Never let the fear of striking out get in your way.

Never let the fear of striking out get in your way.