After I hit a home run I had a habit of running the bases with my head down. I figured the pitcher already felt bad enough without me showing him up rounding the bases.

Quote by Branch Rickey

Topics: Baseball Quotes, Sports Quotes

It is not the honor that you take with you, but the heritage you leave...

It is not the honor that you take with you, but the heritage you leave...

Only in baseball can a team player be a pure individualist first and a team...

Only in baseball can a team player be a pure individualist first and a team...

Leisure is the handmaiden of the devil.

Leisure is the handmaiden of the devil.

It's unbelievable how much you don't know about the game you've been playing all your...

It's unbelievable how much you don't know about the game you've been playing all your...

Problems are the price you pay for progress.

Problems are the price you pay for progress.

Leisure is the handmaiden of the devil.

Leisure is the handmaiden of the devil.

Trade a player a year too early rather than a year too late.

Trade a player a year too early rather than a year too late.

The greatest untapped reservoir of raw material in the history of our game is the...

The greatest untapped reservoir of raw material in the history of our game is the...

I find fault with my children because I like them and I want them to...

I find fault with my children because I like them and I want them to...

Hitting the ball was easy. Running around the bases was the tough part.I always loved...

Hitting the ball was easy. Running around the bases was the tough part.I always loved...

Thinking about the devil is worse than seeing the devil.

Thinking about the devil is worse than seeing the devil.

Ethnic prejudice has no place in sports, and baseball must recognize that truth if it...

Ethnic prejudice has no place in sports, and baseball must recognize that truth if it...

All I had was natural ability.

All I had was natural ability.

Baseball people, and that includes myself, are slow to change and accept new ideas. I...

Baseball people, and that includes myself, are slow to change and accept new ideas. I...

Luck is the residue of design.

Luck is the residue of design.

If things don't come easy, there is no premium on effort. There should be joy...

If things don't come easy, there is no premium on effort. There should be joy...

Baseball people, and that includes myself, are slow to change and accept new ideas. I...

Baseball people, and that includes myself, are slow to change and accept new ideas. I...

A great ballplayer is a player who will take a chance.

A great ballplayer is a player who will take a chance.

Never surrender opportunity for security.

Never surrender opportunity for security.

Baseball is a game of inches.

Baseball is a game of inches.