All ballplayers should quit when it starts to feel as if all the baselines run uphill.
Babe RuthRead
It's hard to beat somebody when they don't give up.
Interpretation
Perseverance makes it difficult to overcome someone who keeps trying.
This quote emphasizes the importance of resilience and determination in achieving success. It highlights that the true challenge lies not in defeating opponents but in the relentless spirit of those who refuse to give up, suggesting that persistence is a key to overcoming obstacles.
In practice
During a motivational speech about sportsmanship.
All ballplayers should quit when it starts to feel as if all the baselines run uphill.
If 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.
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.
Yesterday's home runs don't win today's games.
Never let the fear of striking out get in your way.
I only have one superstition: I make sure to touch all the bases when I hit a home run.
Come hell or high water you will never take me back to the place I was before. I have been through too much to let life whoop me again. My faith is stronger than it's ever been, my mind is more tenacious than it's ever been, my soul is more absolute.
We are faced with the fact, my friends, that tomorrow is today. Procrastination is still the thief of time. Over the bleached bones and jumbled residues of numerous civilizations are written the pathetic words βToo Lateβ.
My advice is to never do tomorrow what you can do today. Procrastination is the thief of time.
It's better to burn out, than to fade away.
Make your mistakes, take your chances, look silly, but keep on going. Donβt freeze up.
Don't let anyone make you feel that you don't deserve the good things that happen in your life
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