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

Quote by Babe Ruth

Topics: Babe Ruth Quotes

Every strike brings me closer to the next home run.

Every strike brings me closer to the next home run.

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...

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.

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...

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...

Cobb is a prick. But he sure can hit. God Almighty, that man can hit.

Cobb is a prick. But he sure can hit. God Almighty, that man can hit.

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.

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...

Baseball changes through the years. It gets milder.

Baseball changes through the years. It gets milder.

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...

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

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

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...

I didn't mean to hit the umpire with the dirt, but I did mean to...

I didn't mean to hit the umpire with the dirt, but I did mean to...

I learned early to drink beer, wine and whiskey. And I think I was about...

I learned early to drink beer, wine and whiskey. And I think I was about...

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

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...

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

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

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

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...

Paris ain't much of a town.

Paris ain't much of a town.