Luck is the residue of design.

Quote by Branch Rickey

Topics: Luck Quotes

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

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

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...

Leisure is the handmaiden of the devil.

Leisure is the handmaiden of the devil.

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...

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 full mind is an empty bat.

A full mind is an empty bat.

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...

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...

Baseball is a game of inches.

Baseball is a game of inches.

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...

Problems are the price you pay for progress.

Problems are the price you pay for progress.

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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.

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...