I have only one superstition... Touch all the bases when I hit a home run.

George Herman

Categorized in : Run Only Touch Home

The only real game - I think - in the world is baseball.

game think real world

I'd play for half my salary if I could hit in this dump all the time.

salary half play time

The way a team plays as a whole determines its success.

team whole success way

You're an actor, are you? Well, all that means is: you are irresponsible, irrational, romantic, and incapable of handling an adult emotion or a universal concept without first reducing it to something personal, material, sensational - and probably sexual!

personal you emotion romantic

I'll win more games playing everyday in the outfield than I will pitching every fourth day.

more will day win

You know how bad my voice sounds - well it feels just as bad.

bad know you voice

Pitching just felt like the most natural thing in the world.

just like natural world

Striking out batters was easy.

striking out easy

How to hit home runs: I swing as hard as I can, and I try to swing right through the ball.

swing try i-can home

The harder you grip the bat, the more you can swing it through the ball, and the farther the ball will go.

swing will go you

I hit big or I miss big.

I like to live as big as I can.

live big like i-can

I know, but I had a better year than Hoover.

than better year know

I'd give a year of my life if I could hit a homerun on opening day of this great new park.

my-life day great life

I've never heard a crowd boo a homer, but I've heard plenty of boos after a strikeout.

boo crowd after never

It's hard to beat a person who never gives up.

beat person never hard

You know this baseball game of ours comes up from the youth. That means the boys. And after you've been a boy, and grow up to know how to play ball, then you come to the boys you see representing themselves today in our national pastime.

game you youth today

You may have the greatest bunch of individual stars in the world, but if they don't play together, the club won't be worth a dime.

you stars together world

To my sick little pal. I will try to knock you another homer, maybe two today.

will you sick today

Watch my dust.