Reading isn't good for a ballplayer. Not good for his eyes. If my eyes went bad even a little bit I couldn't hit home runs. So I gave up reading.

Quote by Babe Ruth

Topics: Reading Quotes

Every strike brings me closer to the next home run.

Every strike brings me closer to the next home run.

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

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

I had only one superstition. I made sure to touch all the bases when I...

I had only one superstition. I made sure to touch all the bases when I...

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 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.

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...

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

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

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

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

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...

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...

Paris ain't much of a town.

Paris ain't much of a town.

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.

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

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

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.

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...

As soon as I got out there I felt a strange relationship with the pitcher's...

As soon as I got out there I felt a strange relationship with the pitcher's...

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

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

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...