Babe Ruth is a famous American baseball player and the best hitter in MLB’s history.
He was born on February 6, 1895, in Baltimore, Maryland. He was the first player to hit more than 60 home runs in a season and is considered one of the greatest players of all time. He died on October 14, 1948, due to complications from throat cancer.
He was nicknamed “The Bambino” by Casey Stengel, who then coached him for 4 years at Boston Red Sox. In 1935, he started his team called the New York Yankees that went on to win 27 World Series titles in 56 seasons and retired with a lifetime batting average of .344, which has never been beaten since then.
Despite his incredible statistics, Babe Ruth is still considered by many to be an underachiever as he didn’t win a World Series or even get to finish off his career with a World Series victory.
Browse his most inspirational and wise quotes that will give you the courage to work hard for your goals to live your dreams.
29 Most Inspiring Babe Ruth Quotes On Success
1. “Heroes get remembered, but legends never die.” ~ Babe Ruth
2. “Never let the fear of striking out get in your way.” ~ Babe Ruth
3. “I had only one superstition. I made sure to touch all the bases when I hit a home run.” ~ Babe Ruth
4. “A man who works for another is not going to be paid any more than he is worth; you can bet on that. A man ought to get what he can earn. Don’t make any difference whether it’s running a farm, running a bank or running a show; a man who knows he’s making money for other people ought to get some of the profits he brings in. It’s business, I tell you.” ~ Babe Ruth
5. “I didn’t mean to hit the umpire with the dirt, but I did mean to hit that bastard in the stands.” ~ Babe Ruth
6. “Baseball was, is and always will be to me the best game in the world.” ~ Babe Ruth
7. “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
8. “You just can’t beat the person who never gives up.” ~ Babe Ruth
9. “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
10. “Who is richer? The man who is seen, but cannot see? Or the man who is not being seen, but can see?” ~ Babe Ruth
11. “I said I’m going to hit the next one right over the flagpole. God must have been with me.” ~ Babe Ruth
12. “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
13. “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
14. “You can bother me to autograph anything you want. When you quit bothering me to sign autographs, then I’ll know I’m through. Slip me the old apple and a pen. And tell ’em to keep on bothering me.” ~ Babe Ruth
15. “Don’t be afraid to take advice. There’s always something new to learn.” ~ Babe Ruth
16. “I was a bad kid. I say this without pride but with a feeling that it is better to say it.” ~ Babe Ruth
17. “Baseball changes through the years. It gets milder.” ~ Babe Ruth
18. “I thank heaven we have had baseball in this world… the kids… our national pastime.” ~ Babe Ruth
19. “Every strike brings me closer to the next home run.” ~ Babe Ruth
20. “I learned early to drink beer, wine and whiskey. And I think I was about 5 when I first chewed tobacco.” ~ Babe Ruth
21. “A part of control is learning to correct your weaknesses.” ~ Babe Ruth
22. “If it wasn’t for baseball, I’d be in either the penitentiary or the cemetery.” ~ Babe Ruth
23. “It’s hard to beat a person that never gives up.” ~ Babe Ruth
24. “Don’t let the fear of striking out hold you back.” ~ Babe Ruth
25. “I don’t need to know where the green is. Where is the golf course?”
26. “They can boo and hoot me all they want. That doesn’t matter to me. But when a fan calls insulting names from the grandstand and becomes abusive I don’t intend to stand for it.” ~ Babe Ruth
27. “The old dogs are going to do a lot of barking. But they’ve barked before. And you know—a barking dog seldom bites.” ~ Babe Ruth
28. “Love the game of baseball and baseball will love you.” ~ Babe Ruth
29. “What I am, what I have, what I am going to leave behind me – all this I owe to the game of baseball.” ~ Babe Ruth
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