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

Quote by Branch Rickey

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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.

All I had was natural ability.

All I had was natural ability.

Luck is the residue of design.

Luck is the residue of design.

Leisure is the handmaiden of the devil.

Leisure is the handmaiden of the devil.

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...

Problems are the price you pay for progress.

Problems are the price you pay for progress.

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.

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...

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...

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.

Baseball is a game of inches.

Baseball is a game of inches.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

Baseball hasn't forgotten me. I go to a lot of old-timers games and I haven't...

Baseball hasn't forgotten me. I go to a lot of old-timers games and I haven't...

I'm human and I've played my butt off for ten years. I'm not a loafer,...

I'm human and I've played my butt off for ten years. I'm not a loafer,...

A boy cannot begin playing ball too early. I might almost say that while he...

A boy cannot begin playing ball too early. I might almost say that while he...