And to play as long as I did and to have a family you have to be very blessed and I was with my wife Ruth. Ruth, I appreciate the job you did, and my three fine children, Reid, Reese, and Wendy.
Nolan Ryan

Babe Ruth was great. I'm just lucky.
Reggie Jackson

Don't compare me to Babe Ruth. God gave me the opportunity and the ability to be here at the right time, at the right moment, just like he gave Babe Ruth when he was playing. I just hope I can keep doing what I've been doing - keep taking care of business.
Sammy Sosa

Don't worry about it. Babe Ruth struck out on occasion, too.
Walter Annenberg

For my children, they spent 15 to 20 years of their life in baseball. And Ruth and I spent so many years of our married life that that was our life. We knew nothing else.
Nolan Ryan

Honestly, at one time I though Babe Ruth was a cartoon character. I really did, I mean I wasn't born until 1961 and I grew up in Indiana.
Don Mattingly

Hopefully I can become the Babe Ruth of the World Wrestling Federation and be the champion at the same time.
Hulk Hogan

I did not choose necessarily on the basis of significance. If you have a vote for the most significant athlete, then you have Ali, then you have Babe Ruth, then you have Michael Jordan.
Dick Schaap

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.
Eddie Mathews

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.
Roger Maris

I love Ruth Brown, not just her singing, but Ruth Brown has more girl power than anyone, because she fought hard against people who ripped her off and then helped other artists through the Rhythm and Blues Foundation.
Ronnie Spector

I usually shop at Charlotte Ruth and Bebe.
Christy Romano

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

It was funny, when I thought of it afterward, how Ruth and Gehrig looked as they stood there. The Babe must have been waiting for me to get the ball up a little so he could get his bat under it.
Carl Hubbell

It's the same with the ballplayers. Babe Ruth spent a lot, too and the ballplayers make a lot more money now.
Mickey Gilley

Mr. Rickey, I'll put more people in the park than anybody since Babe Ruth.
Dizzy Dean

Now I've had everything except for the thrill of watching Babe Ruth play.
Joe DiMaggio

Our children await Christmas presents like politicians getting in election returns: there's the Uncle Fred precinct and the Aunt Ruth district still to come in.
Marcelene Cox

Ruth was probably the greatest athlete to perform in any sport. Never has there been anybody like him.
George Steinbrenner

Striking out Ruth and Gehrig in succession was too big an order.
Carl Hubbell