Never surrender opportunity for security.

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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.

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

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

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...

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

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

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...

Thinking about the devil is worse than seeing the devil.

Thinking about the devil is worse than seeing the devil.

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...

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...

All I had was natural ability.

All I had was natural ability.

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.

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

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

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...

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.

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...

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.

I must confess that I am interested in leisure in the same way that a...

I must confess that I am interested in leisure in the same way that a...

Leisure is the Mother of Philosophy.

Leisure is the Mother of Philosophy.

Employ thy time well, if thou meanest to gain leisure.

Employ thy time well, if thou meanest to gain leisure.