I don't care if I was a ditch-digger at a dollar a day, I'd want to do my job better than the fellow next to me. I'd want to be the best at whatever I do.

Quote by Branch Rickey

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Baseball is a game of inches.

Baseball is a game of inches.

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...

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...

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

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

A full mind is an empty bat.

A full mind is an empty bat.

Leisure is the handmaiden of the devil.

Leisure is the handmaiden of the devil.

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

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

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...

Thinking about the devil is worse than seeing the devil.

Thinking about the devil is worse than seeing the devil.

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...

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...

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...

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...

The man with the ball is responsible for what happens to the ball.

The man with the ball is responsible for what happens to the ball.

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...

How to use your leisure time is the biggest problem of a ballplayer.

How to use your leisure time is the biggest problem of a ballplayer.

Thou shalt not steal. I mean defensively. On offense, indeed thou shall steal and thou...

Thou shalt not steal. I mean defensively. On offense, indeed thou shall steal and thou...

Man may penetrate the outer reaches of the universe, he may solve the very secret...

Man may penetrate the outer reaches of the universe, he may solve the very secret...

Clothes and manners do not make the man; but, when he is made, they greatly...

Clothes and manners do not make the man; but, when he is made, they greatly...

When one has finished building one's house, one suddenly realizes that in the process one...

When one has finished building one's house, one suddenly realizes that in the process one...