Babe Ruth

"You know it's going to hell when the best rapper is white and the best golfer is black."

"Never let a failure define you. Let it refine you."

"I look for a pitch to hit and I hit it."

"The hardest thing to do in baseball is to hit a round ball with a round bat, squarely."

"Every day I go out there and give it my all."

"Just keep swinging."

"Don't be afraid to fail. Be afraid not to try."

"I always love playing ball."

"A home run is special. There's nothing like it."

"You can hit and you can field, but if you can't hustle, you can't play."

"The team that wants it more will win."

"I get tired of one thing and I get tired of another thing, but I don't get tired of baseball."

"I never blame the umpire. He's trying as hard as I am."

"Young players need to learn the game and respect the game."

"There is no place in baseball for discrimination. It's our national pastime."

"I think about baseball every day."

"The only real game in the world is baseball."

"People come to see you hit the ball."

"I'm just a ballplayer trying to make a living."

"Don't look back. Something might be gaining on you."

"You should always give one hundred and ten percent."

"Hitting is fifty percent above the shoulders."

"I'll tell you something. I don't get tired of baseball."

"If I'd just tried for them dinky singles I could've batted .600."

"I see great things in baseball. Everybody will be prosperous."

"The most important thing is a good foundation."

"I never set out to hit home runs. I just tried to hit the ball hard every swing."

"You have only one life to live. Make the most of it."

"It ain't over till it's over."

"Heroes get remembered, but legends never die."