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.

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...

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...

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.

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...

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.

All I had was natural ability.

All I had was natural ability.

Baseball is a game of inches.

Baseball is a game of inches.

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...

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...

Never surrender opportunity for security.

Never surrender opportunity for security.

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...

A full mind is an empty bat.

A full mind is an empty bat.

Thinking about the devil is worse than seeing the devil.

Thinking about the devil is worse than seeing the devil.

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.

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

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

Chance is perhaps the pseudonym of God when he did not want to sign.

Chance is perhaps the pseudonym of God when he did not want to sign.

The chance is the remotest, Of its going much longer unnoticed, That I'm not keeping...

The chance is the remotest, Of its going much longer unnoticed, That I'm not keeping...