If I'm compared to Babe Ruth or Willie Mays, that's great. But I'm just going to go out there and be myself. — Ken Griffey, Jr Copy Share Image
Babe Ruth made a baseball fan of me. I used to go to Yankee Stadium just to see him come to bat. — Effa Manley Copy Share Image
I never want to lose. I hate to lose... But Babe Ruth struck out 1,300 times. You can't hit the home run… — Roger Ailes Copy Share Image
When people put my name next to (Babe) Ruth's name it still blows me away. I'm still in awe. — Mark McGwire Copy Share Image
I can't recall a day this year or last when I did not hear the name of Babe Ruth. — Hank Aaron Copy Share Image
Every big leaguer and his wife should teach their children to pray, God bless Mommy, God bless Daddy, and God bless Babe… — Waite Hoyt Copy Share Image
Mr. Rickey, I'll put more people in the park than anybody since Babe Ruth. — Dizzy Dean Copy Share Image
“Even the legendary Babe Ruth batted “only” .342. You can’t hit every ball that comes your way, and neither can anyone else.” — Valerie Young Copy Share Image
Don't try to tell Namath's people on First Avenue about Babe Ruth, because they don't even know the name. In fact, with… — Jimmy Breslin Copy Share Image
Baseball has traditionally possessed a wonderful lack of seriousness. The game's best player, Babe Ruth, was a Rabelaisian fat man, and its… — Thomas Boswell Copy Share Image
For a long time, I'd been vaguely fascinated by the idea that Charles Lindbergh flew the Atlantic and Babe Ruth hit 60… — Bill Bryson Copy Share Image
People think of the greatest home run hitters of all time and think of Babe Ruth; they don't think about that Warren… — Rollie Fingers Copy Share Image
Personally, until Mike Trout came into the league I thought I would be in the conversation for best player in the game.… — Joey Votto Copy Share Image
I don't want to be Babe Ruth. He was a great ballplayer. I'm not trying to replace him. The record is there… — Roger Maris Copy Share Image
I can't believe that Babe Ruth was a better player than Willie Mays. (Babe) Ruth is to baseball what Arnold Palmer is… — Sandy Koufax Copy Share Image
I don't know where Hank Aaron will break (Babe) Ruth's record but I can tell you one thing - ten years from… — Eddie Mathews Copy Share Image
Oscar Charleston was the Willie Mays of his day. Nobody ever played center field better than Willie Mays. Suppose they had never… — Monte Irvin Copy Share Image
But this is the point I want to make: When you talk about steroids and you talk about what it means to… — Carlton Fisk Copy Share Image
“trade and wealth creation is not all upside. It is failure, too. Failure is a necessary component to growth and success. Babe… — Ziad K. Abdelnour Copy Share Image
“It wasn’t until 1959 that the Red Sox finally joined the rest of the major leagues and brought up a black player… — Ben Bradlee Jr Copy Share Image
Honestly, at one time I thought Babe Ruth was a cartoon character. I really did, I mean, I wasn't born until 1961,… — Don Mattingly Copy Share Image
Now I've had everything except for the thrill of watching Babe Ruth play. — Joe DiMaggio Copy Share Image
They said Babe Ruth built Yankee Stadium and Bruno Sammartino built the Garden. It always was my favorite place. — Bruno Sammartino Copy Share Image
He (Babe Ruth) was very brave at the plate. You rarely saw him fall away from a pitch. He stayed right in… — Casey Stengel Copy Share Image
Babe Ruth was the home-run king of his time, but also the strikeout king. — Dan Millman Copy Share Image
The current Babe Ruth of improv? Sacha Baron Cohen. He's pretty amazing. — Seth Rogen Copy Share Image
Babe Ruth didn't become her father until 18 months after he married her mother, Claire, on April 17, 1929, Opening Day of… — Jane Leavy Copy Share Image
We'll put an asterisk next to Barry Bonds' name, sure, as soon as we put one next to Babe Ruth's name. Getting… — Daniel Tosh Copy Share Image
The home run became glorified with Babe Ruth. Starting with him, batters have been thinking in terms of how far they could… — Rogers Hornsby Copy Share Image
I want to thank my parents for letting me play baseball. I'm thankful I had baseball knuckles and couldn't become a dentist...I… — Casey Stengel Copy Share Image
I hope he (Babe Ruth) lives to hit one-hundred homers in a season. I wish him all the luck in the world.… — Home Run Baker Copy Share Image
Don't compare me to Babe Ruth. God gave me the opportunity and the ability to be here at the right time, at… — Sammy Sosa Copy Share Image
A-Rod wants to be like Babe Ruth. And people don't realize this, he's a lot like Babe Ruth. Before the playoffs a… — Artie Lange Copy Share Image
The first time that I ever saw Babe Ruth was in the Boston Red Sox clubhouse. — Waite Hoyt Copy Share Image
We need just two players to be a contender. Just Babe Ruth and Sandy Koufax. — Whitey Herzog Copy Share Image
He (Babe Ruth) hits a ball harder and further than any man I ever saw. — Bill Dickey Copy Share Image
