Ruth was probably the greatest athlete to perform in any sport. Never has there been anybody like him.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Babe Ruth is an icon, in sports and in our society.
There is nothing like Ruth ever existed in this game of baseball. I remember we were playing the White Sox in Boston in 1919, and he hit a home run off Lefty Williams over the left-field fence in the ninth inning and won the game. It was majestic. It soared.
Babe Ruth was great. I'm just lucky.
You don't have to know anything about baseball to respond to Babe Ruth because he's just this magnificent human being. And a really good story because he was this kid who grew up essentially as an orphan, you know, had a tough life, and then he became the most successful baseball player ever. But he was also a really good guy.
I don't want to be Babe Ruth. He was a great ballplayer. I'm not trying to replace him. The record is there and damn right I want to break it, but that isn't replacing Babe Ruth.
In my opinion, Jackie is the greatest female athlete ever.
Babe Ruth was not afraid to strike out. And it was this fearlessness that contributed to his remarkable career.
Don't try to tell Namath's people on First Avenue about Babe Ruth, because they don't even know the name. In fact, with the young, you can forget all of baseball. The sport is gone. But if you ever have seen Ruth, and then you see Namath, you know there is very little difference.
The first time that I ever saw Babe Ruth was in the Boston Red Sox clubhouse.
I don't know where Hank Aaron will break Ruth's record but I can tell you one thing - ten years from the day he hits it three million people will say they were there.
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