(44 quotes found)
“I'm not a headline guy. I know that as long as I was following Ruth to the plate I could have stood on my head and no one would have known the difference.”
Lou Gehrig
“Now they talk on the radio about the record set by Ruth, and DiMaggio and Henry Aaron. But they rarely mention mine. Do you know what I have to show for the sixty-one home runs? Nothing, exactly nothing.”
Roger Maris
“Why shouldn't we pitch to Babe Ruth? We pitch to better hitters in the National League.”
John McGraw
“[Chelsea had borrowed heavily from financial institutions, principally to fund stadium development. Ruth Giste, the widow of the late club director Matthew Harding, had also demanded repayment of a significant sum loaned to the club.] Fans did not know that in January the club had mortgaged, if you will, the TV revenues, ... It borrowed against the TV revenues that were to be handed out in August. I didn't know as a fan the club owed money to the Harding family and they wanted it back. As a fan I was naive. I knew the club had financial problems, but didn't know the specifics.”
Bruce Buck
“Well, I could imagine how they felt with two on, nobody out and Ruth at bat. To strike him out was the last thought in my mind.”
Carl Hubbell
“Ruth was my girlfriend's name at the time.”
Charles Singley
“Striking out Ruth and Gehrig in succession was too big an order.”
“We have an outstanding freshman class this year. They have come through the ranks together in Babe Ruth and were very successful.”
Chris Vermeer
“When Ruth Handler introduced Barbie in 1959, she didn't want any story attached to the doll whatsoever, because she wanted the girls to create it all out of their imaginations. Today, girls interact with story in a different way. They're used to watching television shows, they're used to having characters brought to life for them in dramatic ways.”
Chris Byrne
“I think (Ruth) accepts her fate, ... But she knows she's not happy and that's about it.”
Cloris Leachman
