Quotes about baseball
24 quotes from 17 people
A hot dog at the ball park is better than steak at the Ritz.
Lou Gehrig1903–1941Farewell speech on Lou Gehrig Appreciation Day, Yankee Stadium (4 July 1939)
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. 4You owe it to yourself to be the best you can possibly be—in baseball and in life.
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. 29
