Babe Ruth
Babe Ruth
George Herman Ruth Jr., better known as Babe Ruth, was an American professional baseball player whose career in Major League Baseballspanned 22 seasons, from 1914 through 1935. Nicknamed "The Bambino" and "The Sultan of Swat", he began his MLB career as a stellar left-handed pitcher for the Boston Red Sox, but achieved his greatest fame as a slugging outfielder for the New York Yankees. Ruth established many MLB battingrecords, including career home runs, runs batted in, bases on balls, slugging percentage,...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth6 February 1895
CityBaltimore, MD
CountryUnited States of America
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.
It's hard to beat a person that never gives up.
Love the game of baseball and baseball will love you.
Heroes get remembered, but legends never die.
I'm only going one way.
Don't be afraid to take advice. There's always something new to learn.
I had only one superstition. I made sure to touch all the bases when I hit a home run.
Who is richer? The man who is seen, but cannot see? Or the man who is not being seen, but can see?
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.
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 greatest bunch of individual stars in the world, but if they don't play together, the club won't be worth a dime.
What do I think about when I strike out? I think about hitting home runs.
I've heard people say that the trouble with the world is that we haven't enough great leaders. I think we haven't enough great followers. I have stood side by side with great thinkers - surgeons, engineers, economists; people who deserve a great following - and have heard the crowd cheer me instead.
I swing big, with everything I've got. I hit big or I miss big. I like to live as big as I can.