You just can’t beat the person who never gives up.

Meaning of the quote

You can't win against someone who keeps trying no matter what. If you're working hard and never stop, you have a better chance of succeeding than someone who gives up easily. Babe Ruth, a famous American athlete, says that the person who never gives up is the one who will come out on top.

About Babe Ruth

Babe Ruth was a legendary American baseball player who dominated the game in the early 20th century. From his humble beginnings at a reform school to becoming one of the greatest sports heroes of all time, Ruth’s career spanned over two decades and left an indelible mark on the sport and popular culture.

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Never let the fear of striking out get in your way.

Babe Ruth

American baseball player (1895-1948)

If it wasn’t for baseball, I’d be in either the penitentiary or the cemetery.

Babe Ruth

American baseball player (1895-1948)

Gee, its lonesome in the outfield. It’s hard to keep awake with nothing to do.

Babe Ruth

American baseball player (1895-1948)

How about a little noise. How do you expect a man to putt?

Babe Ruth

American baseball player (1895-1948)

Cobb is a prick. But he sure can hit. God Almighty, that man can hit.

Babe Ruth

American baseball player (1895-1948)

I won’t be happy until we have every boy in America between the ages of six and sixteen wearing a glove and swinging a bat.

Babe Ruth

American baseball player (1895-1948)

Baseball was, is and always will be to me the best game in the world.

Babe Ruth

American baseball player (1895-1948)

Who is richer? The man who is seen, but cannot see? Or the man who is not being seen, but can see?

Babe Ruth

American baseball player (1895-1948)

I didn’t mean to hit the umpire with the dirt, but I did mean to hit that bastard in the stands.

Babe Ruth

American baseball player (1895-1948)

All ballplayers should quit when it starts to feel as if all the baselines run uphill.

Babe Ruth

American baseball player (1895-1948)

Reading isn’t good for a ballplayer. Not good for his eyes. If my eyes went bad even a little bit I couldn’t hit home runs. So I gave up reading.

Babe Ruth

American baseball player (1895-1948)

Every strike brings me closer to the next home run.

Babe Ruth

American baseball player (1895-1948)

You just can’t beat the person who never gives up.

Babe Ruth

American baseball player (1895-1948)

All I can tell them is pick a good one and sock it. I get back to the dugout and they ask me what it was I hit and I tell them I don’t know except it looked good.

Babe Ruth

American baseball player (1895-1948)

I had only one superstition. I made sure to touch all the bases when I hit a home run.

Babe Ruth

American baseball player (1895-1948)

Yesterday’s home runs don’t win today’s games.

Babe Ruth

American baseball player (1895-1948)

I’ll promise to go easier on drinking and to get to bed earlier, but not for you, fifty thousand dollars, or two-hundred and fifty thousand dollars will I give up women. They’re too much fun.

Babe Ruth

American baseball player (1895-1948)

Don’t let the fear of striking out hold you back.

Babe Ruth

American baseball player (1895-1948)

If I’d just tried for them dinky singles I could’ve batted around .600.

Babe Ruth

American baseball player (1895-1948)

Don’t ever forget two things I’m going to tell you. One, don’t believe everything that’s written about you. Two, don’t pick up too many checks.

Babe Ruth

American baseball player (1895-1948)

I learned early to drink beer, wine and whiskey. And I think I was about 5 when I first chewed tobacco.

Babe Ruth

American baseball player (1895-1948)

Paris ain’t much of a town.

Babe Ruth

American baseball player (1895-1948)

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 don’t play together, the club won’t be worth a dime.

Babe Ruth

American baseball player (1895-1948)

Baseball changes through the years. It gets milder.

Babe Ruth

American baseball player (1895-1948)

As soon as I got out there I felt a strange relationship with the pitcher’s mound. It was as if I’d been born out there. Pitching just felt like the most natural thing in the world. Striking out batters was easy.

Babe Ruth

American baseball player (1895-1948)

Let me show you how it’s done… Loser!

Babe Ruth

American baseball player (1895-1948)