"Don't worry about my weight. Fifteen pounds more and…" — Babe Ruth

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“Don't worry about my weight. Fifteen pounds more and I'll be grand. I never felt better in my life. I'm going to lead the league in batting again and maybe I'll make a new home run record.”

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Source:: Speaking to reporters after arriving at spring training significantly overweight, roughly one month before being hospitalized and missing the first six weeks of the 1925 season, his worst as a Yankee, as quoted in "At the Training Camps," T
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Indexed:: 2026-07-04
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