I always swing at the ball with all my might.

I always swing at the ball with all my might.

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Ruth swung the bat as hard as he could every time. He would rather miss big than hold back.

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How sure this is: 85% sureThese words were traced back to where they first appeared. That source is listed below.
What turned up: "'Keep Your Eye On the Ball'; No, Not Golf, It's Babe Ruth," by Ruth (as told to Westbrook Pegler), The Chicago Tribune, August 13, 1920, p. 11.
Work: Chicago Tribune column, August 13, 1920 (as told to Westbrook Pegler)
Occasion: 1920 · explaining his hitting style in his own newspaper column, missing big never scared him
Sources checked: en.wikiquote.orgChecked using claude-fable-5, 22 August 2026Sourced section: his 1920 Tribune column (as told to Pegler), reprinted in Playing the Game: My Early Years in Baseball (2011), p. 29. First sentence of the passage, complete; continuation ('I hit or miss big...') supports, no reversal. Tribune archive link is dead — Wikiquote-sourced tier.