It's unbelievable how much you don't know about the game you've been playing all your life.

Quote by Branch Rickey

Topics: Life Quotes, Self Knowledge Quotes

Baseball is a game of inches.

Baseball is a game of inches.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

Problems are the price you pay for progress.

Problems are the price you pay for progress.

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.

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...

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...

All I had was natural ability.

All I had was natural ability.

A full mind is an empty bat.

A full mind is an empty bat.

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...

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...

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.

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

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

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...