All ballplayers should quit when it starts to feel as if all the baselines run uphill.
Babe RuthRead
I hear the cheers when they roared and the jeers when they echoed.
Interpretation
What this quote means
This quote reflects the duality of public perception experienced by an athlete, highlighting both praise and criticism.
Babe Ruth's quote encapsulates the experience of fame where one is celebrated at times and subjected to ridicule at others. It emphasizes the necessity for resilience in the face of public opinion, suggesting that success comes with both cheers of encouragement and jeers of disapproval, reminding us that we must remain steadfast despite external judgment.
Themes
SuccessPublic OpinionResilienceFameCriticismPraise
In practice
Example use cases
This quote could inspire athletes during a motivational speech about handling pressure.
More from Babe Ruth
All quotes βIf it wasn't for baseball, I'd be in either the penitentiary or the cemetery. I have the same violent temper my father and older brother had. Both died of injuries from street fights in Baltimore, fights begun by flare-ups of their tempers.
Babe RuthRead
Aw, everybody knows that game, the day I hit the homer off ole Charlie Root there in Wrigley Field, the day October first, the third game of that thirty-two World Series. But right now I want to settle all arguments. I didn't exactly point to any spot, like the flagpole. Anyway, I didn't mean to, I just sorta waved at the whole fence, but that was foolish enough. All I wanted to do was give that thing a ride... outta the park... anywhere.
Babe RuthRead
Yesterday's home runs don't win today's games.
Babe RuthRead
Never let the fear of striking out get in your way.
Babe RuthRead
I only have one superstition: I make sure to touch all the bases when I hit a home run.
Babe RuthRead
Similar quotes
Success in the United States is not an entitlement in China. You have to go there and earn it, and earn it the right way.
Howard SchultzRead
If I had to select one quality, one personal characteristic that I regard as being most highly correlated with success, whatever the field, I would pick the trait of persistence. Determination. The will to endure to the end, to get knocked down seventy times and get up off the floor saying, ''Here comes number seventy-one!''
Richard DevosRead
Glory comes too late, after one as been reduced to ashes.
Marcus Valerius MartialRead
Something in human nature causes us to start slacking off at our moment of greatest accomplishment. As you become successful, you will need a great deal of self-discipline not to lose your sense of balance, humility and commitment.
Ross PerotRead
Let men of all ranks whether they are successful, or unsuccessful, whether they triumph or not; let them do their duty, and rest satisfied.
PlatoRead
Success is self-defined. You can choose what you think success is, and you can always change your mind.
Mark MansonRead