Babe Ruth is often recognized as the most important and influential baseball player who is no longer alive. On February 6, 1895, he was born, and on August 16, 1948, he died.
In total, he hit a record 714 home runs in 22 seasons. He was an extremely gifted athlete who established multiple records for hitting and pitching that stood for decades.
Furthermore, he was well-known during his career and received numerous honors. He was treated with the same esteem once he retired. He was a member of the Major League Baseball All-Time Team as well as the Major League Baseball All-Century Team. In addition, Babe Ruth was one of the inaugural five inductees into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1936.
He is no longer with us, but the following Babe Ruth quotations live on in the hearts of many of his admirers.
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“Baseball was, is, and always will be to me the best game in the world.”– Babe Ruth
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“Don’t let the fear of striking out hold you back.”– Babe Ruth
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“YOU JUST CAN’T BEAT THE PERSON WHO NEVER GIVES UP.”– BABE RUTH
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“Google Books Excuses for All Occasions: Alibis, Apologies, and Cop-Outs That Can Get You Out of (or Into) Trouble By Steven D. Price New York, NY: Skyhorse Publishing 2012 P. ?: “Sometimes when I reflect on all the beer I drink, I feel ashamed. Then I look into the glass and think about the workers in the brewery and all of their hopes and dreams. If I didn’t drink this beer, they might be out of work and their dreams would be shattered. I think, ‘It is better to drink this beer and let their dreams come true than be selfish and worry about my liver.’”– Babe Ruth
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“EVERY STRIKE BRINGS ME CLOSER TO THE NEXT HOME RUN.”– BABE RUTH
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“I swing big, with everything I’ve got. I hit big, or I miss big. I like to live as big as I can.”– Babe Ruth
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“I had only one superstition. I made sure to touch all the bases when I hit a home run.”– Babe Ruth
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“LOVE THE GAME OF BASEBALL AND BASEBALL WILL LOVE YOU.”– BABE RUTH
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“It’s hard to beat a person that never gives up.”– Babe Ruth
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“Heroes get remembered, but legends never die.”– Babe Ruth
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“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
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“Who is richer? The man who is seen but cannot see? Or the man who is not being seen, but can see?”– Babe Ruth
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“I learned early to drink beer, wine, and whiskey. And I think I was about 5 when I first chewed tobacco.”– Babe Ruth
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“I said I’m going to hit the next one right over the flagpole. God must have been with me.”– Babe Ruth
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“Whenever I hit a home run, I make certain I touch all four bases.”– Babe Ruth
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“How to hit home runs: I swing as hard as I can, and I try to swing right through the ball… The harder you grip the bat, the more you can swing it through the ball, and the farther the ball will go. I swing big, with everything I’ve got. I hit big or I miss big. I like to live as big as I can.”– Babe Ruth
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“Baseball changes through the years. It gets milder.”– Babe Ruth
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“I didn’t mean to hit the umpire with the dirt, but I did mean to hit that bastard in the stands.”– Babe Ruth
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“All ballplayers should quit when it starts to feel as if all the baselines run uphill.”– Babe Ruth
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“IF IT WASN’T FOR BASEBALL, I’D BE IN EITHER THE PENITENTIARY OR THE CEMETERY.”– BABE RUTH
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“Baseball is the greatest game in the world and deserves the best you can give it.”– Babe Ruth
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“All I can tell them is pick a good one and sock it. I get back to the dugout, and they ask me what it was I hit, and I tell them I don’t know except it looked good.”– Babe Ruth
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“I thank heaven we have had baseball in this world… the kids… our national pastime.”– Babe Ruth
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“I don’t need to know where the green is. Where is the golf course?”– Babe Ruth
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“Aw, everybody knows that game, the day I hit the homer off ole Charlie Root there in Wrigley Field, the day October first, the third game of that thirty-two World Series. But right now I want to settle all arguments. I didn’t exactly point to any spot, like the flagpole. Anyway, I didn’t mean to, I just sorta waved at the whole fence, but that was foolish enough. All I wanted to do was give that thing a ride… outta the park… anywhere.”– Babe Ruth
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“IF I’D JUST TRIED FOR THEM DINKY SINGLES I COULD’VE BATTED AROUND .600.”– BABE RUTH
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“Don’t be afraid to take advice. There’s always something new to learn.”– Babe Ruth
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“Yesterday’s home runs don’t win today’s games.”– Babe Ruth
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“Let me show you how it’s done… Loser!”– Babe Ruth
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“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
