Quotes about baseball
24 quotes from 17 people
Herbert Hoover1874–1964To a young autograph seeker, signing his name six times; as quoted in “Hoover Elated by Swift Turn From New Deal” by Philip Kinsley, Chicago Tribune (18 December 1935), p. 4
Babe Ruth1895–1948Farewell Address (1947)I always swing at the ball with all my might. I hit or miss big.
Babe Ruth1895–1948From “‘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.
Babe Ruth1895–1948On Shoeless Joe Jackson, as quoted in “The Sportlight” by Grantland Rice, in The Daily Boston Globe (December 16, 1932), p. 40
Ted Williams1918–2002My Turn at Bat: The Story of My Life (1970), p. 7- Babe Ruth1895–1948“Chapter X,” Babe Ruth’s Own Book of Baseball (1928), p. 135; reprinted as “Babe Ruth’s Own Story — Chapter X: Great Individual Stars Worth Little Without Team Play; Signs and How They Operate, The Pittsburgh Press (January 18, 1929), p. 45
Lou Gehrig1903–1941Farewell speech on Lou Gehrig Appreciation Day, Yankee Stadium (4 July 1939)
