Babe Ruth – 10 Quotes

10 Quotes by Babe Ruth

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

– Babe Ruth

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

– Babe Ruth

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

– Babe Ruth

Every strike brings me closer to the next home run.

– Babe Ruth

I had only one superstition. I made sure to touch all the bases when I hit a home run.

– Babe Ruth

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.

– Babe Ruth

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

– Babe Ruth

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.

– Babe Ruth

The way a team plays as a whole determines its success. You may have the greatest bunch of individual stars in the world, but if they don’t play together, the club won’t be worth a dime.

– Babe Ruth

I’ll promise to go easier on drinking and to get to bed earlier, but not for you, fifty thousand dollars, or two-hundred and fifty thousand dollars will I give up women. They’re too much fun.

– Babe Ruth