Reading isnt good for a ballplayer. Not good for his eyes. If my eyes went bad even a little bit I couldnt hit home runs. So I gave up reading. – Babe Ruth
I had only one superstition. I made sure to touch all the bases when I hit a home run. – Babe Ruth
As soon as I got out there I felt a strange relationship with the pitchers mound. It was as if Id been born out there. Pitching just felt like the most natural thing in the world. Striking out batters was easy. – Babe Ruth
The way a team plays as a whole determines its success. You may have the greatest bunch of individual stars in the world, but if they dont play together, the club wont be worth a dime. – Babe Ruth
Ten years ago U.S. defence investment represented almost half of all defence expenditure in the whole alliance. Today it is 75%. This increasing economic gap may also lead to an increasing technology gap which will almost hamper the inter-operability between our forces. – Anders Fogh Rasmussen