Baseball Quotes by Waite Hoyt

There is nothing like Ruth ever existed in this game of baseball. I remember we were playing the White Sox in Boston in 1919,…

— Waite Hoyt

I went in, and there, in the front room, a converted bedroom, sat the first radio I had ever seen. The equipment was so…

— Waite Hoyt

You never really know baseball until you put on a pair of cleats and get out and play it; and if you play for…

— Waite Hoyt

The secret of success in pitching lies in getting a job with the Yankees.

— Waite Hoyt

I was so naive in radio technique that I knew nothing about timing. I would write pages on Honus Wagner and then get only…

— Waite Hoyt

When I joined WKRC, they were very concerned over my ability to ad lib or speak extemporaneously, which was an unknown factor up until…

— Waite Hoyt

Joe Dugan, who was my roommate on the Yankees, was an honorary pallbearer, too. He was standing next to me as they were carrying…

— Waite Hoyt

There was buried in Ruth humanitarianism beyond belief, an intelligence he was never given credit for, a childish desire to be over-virile, living up…

— Waite Hoyt

Every big leaguer and his wife should teach their children to pray, God bless Mommy, God bless Daddy, and God bless Babe Ruth.

— Waite Hoyt

Wives of ballplayers, when they teach their children their prayers, should instruct them to say: God bless mommy, God bless daddy, and God bless…

— Waite Hoyt

The first time that I ever saw Babe Ruth was in the Boston Red Sox clubhouse.

— Waite Hoyt

It's great to be young and a Yankee!

— Waite Hoyt