The Great Bambino’s Insights: Baseball, Life, and Perseverance

Here are some famous quotes by Babe Ruth that reflect his beliefs and views on baseball, challenges, passion, and success in life

⊙ Quote of the Day: Strive, Overcome, Have Courage and Confidence

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

- Babe Ruth -

Former American professional baseball player (MLB) Babe Ruth was undoubtedly one of the most famous and influential athletes in the history of not only baseball, but sports in general. His nickname, ‘Babe Ruth’, is a shortened form of his birth name, ‘George Herman Ruth’. ‘Babe’ became a nickname associated with children because of his youthful appearance and high weight for his age. Other nicknames included “Great Bambino,” “Sultan of Swat,” and “Behemoth of Bust,” as well as a variety of others. In 1935, Ruth announced his retirement, ending a 22-year major league career that included 714 home runs. Here are some famous quotes by Babe Ruth that reflect his beliefs and views on his love of baseball, challenges, passion, and success in life.

• "If you want to hit home runs, you’ve go to swing a lot." - Babe Ruth

• "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

• "Every strike brings me closer to the next home run." - Babe Ruth

• "You just can't beat the person who never gives up." - Babe Ruth

• "It’s hard to beat a person who never gives up." - Babe Ruth

• "Never allow the fear of striking out keep you from playing the game." - Babe Ruth

• "Never let the fear of striking out get in your way." - Babe Ruth

⊙ The Babe's Wisdom: Inspiring Quotes on Baseball and Life

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

• "If it wasn't for baseball, I'd be in either the penitentiary or the cemetery." - Babe Ruth

• "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

• "I had only one superstition. I made sure to touch all the bases when I hit a home run." - Babe Ruth

⊙ Beyond the Baseball Field: Life and Success Lessons from the Great Bambino

• "Heroes get remembered, but legends never die." - Babe Ruth

• "Wealth is always attracted, never pursued." - Babe Ruth

• "I’m only going one way." - Babe Ruth

• "Don't ever forget two things I'm going to tell you. One, don't believe everything that's written about you. Two, don't pick up too many checks." - Babe Ruth

• "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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