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

Topics: Doing Your Best Quotes, Jobs Quotes

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

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

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...

A full mind is an empty bat.

A full mind is an empty bat.

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.

Leisure is the handmaiden of the devil.

Leisure is the handmaiden of the devil.

Never surrender opportunity for security.

Never surrender opportunity for security.

Problems are the price you pay for progress.

Problems are the price you pay for progress.

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...

Luck is the residue of design.

Luck is the residue of design.

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Baseball is a game of inches.

Baseball is a game of inches.

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...

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...