Motivation Quote by Babe Ruth

Ruth’s line isn’t an argument so much as a declaration of citizenship. “Was, is and always will be” has the sweep of a vow, the kind of time-travel certainty you use when you’re trying to freeze a feeling before the world changes again. Coming from Babe Ruth, it reads less like sentimental nostalgia and more like brand power: he’s not merely praising baseball, he’s anchoring his own myth to it. If baseball is “the best game in the world,” then the man who remade it into mass spectacle becomes more than an athlete; he becomes a cultural author.

The phrasing does clever work. “To me” introduces a small, strategic humility that keeps the statement from sounding like propaganda, but it’s immediately swallowed by the absolutism around it. Ruth signals that this devotion is personal, yet invites you to treat it as common sense. That’s the subtext: baseball as a shared language, a default religion, something that doesn’t need defending because it’s already woven into the national self-image.

Context matters. Ruth’s peak years coincide with baseball’s rise as America’s dominant pastime and with a country craving heroes and rituals that felt stable. His own career bridged eras: dead-ball grinding gave way to the home run as entertainment, and Ruth was the loudest proof that the sport could modernize without losing its “purity.” The quote sells that fantasy: change can happen, icons can come and go, but the game - and what it symbolizes about belonging, grit, and uncomplicated joy - remains intact.