Never surrender opportunity for security.

Quote by Branch Rickey

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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.

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...

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...

Baseball is a game of inches.

Baseball is a game of inches.

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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 great ballplayer is a player who will take a chance.

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

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.

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...

Baseball is a game of inches.

Baseball is a game of inches.

Problems are the price you pay for progress.

Problems are the price you pay for progress.

Thinking about the devil is worse than seeing the devil.

Thinking about the devil is worse than seeing 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...

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.

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...