Differences Quote by Lou Gehrig

He (Babe Ruth) was very brave at the plate. You rarely saw him fall away from a pitch. He stayed right in there. No…

— Casey Stengel

Don't worry about it. Babe Ruth struck out on occasion, too.

— Walter Annenberg

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 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

Now they talk on the radio about the record set by (Babe) Ruth, and (Joe) DiMaggio and Henry Aaron. But they rarely mention mine.…

— Roger Maris

Babe Ruth was not afraid to strike out. And it was this fearlessness that contributed to his remarkable career.

— Simon Sinek

They didn't get along. Gehrig thought Ruth was a big-mouth, and Ruth thought Gehrig was cheap. They were both right.

— Tony Lazzeri

To tell the truth, I never think about a homer. I'm just thinking of the situation and what I've got to do when I…

— Sammy Sosa

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

When the ball was last seen crossing the roof of the stand in deep right field at 315 feet, we wonder whether new baseballs…

— Heywood Broun

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

When people put my name next to (Babe) Ruth's name it still blows me away. I'm still in awe.

— Mark McGwire