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

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.

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 full mind is an empty bat.

A full mind is an empty bat.

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.

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...

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.

Leisure is the handmaiden of the devil.

Leisure is the handmaiden of the devil.

Thinking about the devil is worse than seeing the devil.

Thinking about the devil is worse than seeing 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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Never surrender opportunity for security.

Never surrender opportunity for security.

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...

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

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