Babe ruth Quote by Bill Bryson

“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

But this is the point I want to make: When you talk about steroids and you talk about what it means to the game,…

— Carlton Fisk

The home run became glorified with Babe Ruth. Starting with him, batters have been thinking in terms of how far they could hit the…

— Rogers Hornsby

I'm sure people will wonder if I could have hit all those home runs had I never taken steroids.

— Mark McGwire

In regards to steroids, I think we're all to blame, all of baseball. I never realized how far-reaching this problem has been.

— Joe Torre

Sadly, this problem of steroid use is not isolated to baseball.

— Jim Sensenbrenner

“The challenge is not to find a top player who has used steroids. The challenge is to find a top player who hasn't.”

— José Canseco

No one hit home runs the way Babe (Ruth) did. They were something special. They were like homing pigeons. The ball would leave the…

— Lefty Gomez

The best example of how impossible it will be for Major League Baseball to crack down on steroids is the fact that baseball and…

— Malcolm Gladwell

I would never do it because if I took steroids, I would hit 60 or 70 home runs.

— Ryan Braun

The perception is that baseball's players' union is protecting players to use steroids and other illegal performance-enhancing drugs.

— Jim Bunning

Well I can't rightly say (which player hit the ball hardest), but the ones (home runs by) Ruth hit got smaller quicker.

— Walter Johnson