More from Babe Ruth
- Farewell Address (1947)
I always swing at the ball with all my might. I hit or miss big.
From “‘Keep Your Eye On the Ball’; No, Not Golf, It’s Babe Ruth,” by Ruth (as told to Pegler), in The Chicago Tribune (August 13, 1920), p. 11; reprinted as “How to Hit Home Runs,” in Playing the Game: My Early Years in Baseball, p. 29I decided to pick out the greatest hitter to watch and study, and Jackson was good enough for me.
On Shoeless Joe Jackson, as quoted in “The Sportlight” by Grantland Rice, in The Daily Boston Globe (December 16, 1932), p. 40
