Babe Ruth Quote Analysis

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The quote that I choose was from one of the best baseball players to ever live, Babe Ruth. He quoted " Never let the fear of striking out get in your way, " and in my own words I would say it means to never let the fear of failure get the better of you because the only way to succeed is to fail at first, then learn from your mistakes. In addition to that the reason I picked this quote was because I relate to it on a personal basis, being a baseball player I know that everyone that plays the game will always have a small period were there fear of striking out gets in there way. when they get to the plate all there thinking is don't strike out, don't strike out instead of thinking Im gonna crush this ball and that's where irrevocable mistakes

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