Leisure is the handmaiden of the devil.

Quote by Branch Rickey

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Never surrender opportunity for security.

Never surrender opportunity for security.

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...

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...

Problems are the price you pay for progress.

Problems are the price you pay for progress.

Ethnic prejudice has no place in sports, and baseball must recognize that truth if it...

Ethnic prejudice has no place in sports, and baseball must recognize that truth if it...

Luck is the residue of design.

Luck is the residue of design.

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...

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...

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...

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...

Hitting the ball was easy. Running around the bases was the tough part.I always loved...

Hitting the ball was easy. Running around the bases was the tough part.I always loved...

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...

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...

A full mind is an empty bat.

A full mind is an empty bat.

Some minds seem almost to create themselves, springing up under every disadvantage and working their...

Some minds seem almost to create themselves, springing up under every disadvantage and working their...

The finite mind does not require to grasp the infinitude of truth, but only to...

The finite mind does not require to grasp the infinitude of truth, but only to...