If it wasn't for baseball, I'd be in either the penitentiary or the cemetery.

If it wasn't for baseball, I'd be in either the penitentiary or the cemetery.

Babe Ruth

A person always doing his or her best becomes a natural leader, just by example.

A person always doing his or her best becomes a natural leader, just by example.

Read about your case of amnesia. Must be a new brand.

Read about your case of amnesia. Must be a new brand.

I've never heard a crowd boo a homer, but I've heard plenty of boos after a strikeout.

I've never heard a crowd boo a homer, but I've heard plenty of boos after a strikeout.

What the hell has (Herbert) Hoover got to do with it? Anyway, I had a better year than he did.

What the hell has (Herbert) Hoover got to do with it? Anyway, I had a better year than he did.

I said I'm going to hit the next one right over the flagpole. God must have been with me.

I said I'm going to hit the next one right over the flagpole. God must have been with me.

All ballplayers should quit when it starts to feel as if all the baselines run uphill.

All ballplayers should quit when it starts to feel as if all the baselines run uphill.

Each strikeout brings me closer to my next homerun.

Each strikeout brings me closer to my next homerun.

Let me show you how it's done... Loser!

Let me show you how it's done... Loser!

I thank heaven we have had baseball in this world... the kids... our national pastime.

I thank heaven we have had baseball in this world... the kids... our national pastime.

It's hard to beat somebody when they don't give up.

It's hard to beat somebody when they don't give up.

Love the game of baseball and baseball will love you.

Love the game of baseball and baseball will love you.

Every Strike is one step closer to a Home Run

Every Strike is one step closer to a Home Run

What do I think about when I strike out? I think about hitting home runs.

What do I think about when I strike out? I think about hitting home runs.

I'd play for half my salary if I could hit in this dump (Wrigley Field) all the time.

I'd play for half my salary if I could hit in this dump (Wrigley Field) all the time.

I don't need to know where the green is. Where is the golf course?

I don't need to know where the green is. Where is the golf course?

The way a team plays as a whole determines its success.

The way a team plays as a whole determines its success.

What I am, what I have, what I am going to leave behind me - all this I owe to the game of baseball.

What I am, what I have, what I am going to leave behind me - all this I owe to the game of baseball.

Wealth is always attracted, never pursued.

Wealth is always attracted, never pursued.