Baseball people, and that includes myself, are slow to change and accept new ideas. I remember that it took years to persuade them to put numbers on uniforms.

Quote by Branch Rickey

Topics: Baseball Quotes, Ideas Quotes

A full mind is an empty bat.

A full mind is an empty bat.

All I had was natural ability.

All I had was natural ability.

Baseball is a game of inches.

Baseball is a game of inches.

Leisure is the handmaiden of the devil.

Leisure is the handmaiden of the devil.

I'll play baseball for the Army or fight for it, whatever they want me to...

I'll play baseball for the Army or fight for it, whatever they want me to...

I don't care if I was a ditch-digger at a dollar a day, I'd want...

I don't care if I was a ditch-digger at a dollar a day, I'd want...

Luck is the residue of design.

Luck is the residue of design.

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.

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...

After I hit a home run I had a habit of running the bases with...

After I hit a home run I had a habit of running the bases with...

I am alarmed at the subtle invasion of professional football, which is gaining preeminence over...

I am alarmed at the subtle invasion of professional football, which is gaining preeminence over...

Cobb lived off the field as though he wished to live forever. He lived on...

Cobb lived off the field as though he wished to live forever. He lived on...

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...

Never surrender opportunity for security.

Never surrender opportunity for security.

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

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

Problems are the price you pay for progress.

Problems are the price you pay for progress.

At the end of the day, violence never really solves any problem...it just creates new...

At the end of the day, violence never really solves any problem...it just creates new...

Problems can become opportunities when the right people come together.

Problems can become opportunities when the right people come together.

When we talk about settling the world's problems, we're barking up the wrong tree. The...

When we talk about settling the world's problems, we're barking up the wrong tree. The...

Scientific progress makes moral progress a necessity; for if man's power is increased, the checks...

Scientific progress makes moral progress a necessity; for if man's power is increased, the checks...