The greatest untapped reservoir of raw material in the history of our game is the black race.

Quote by Branch Rickey

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Never surrender opportunity for security.

Never surrender opportunity for security.

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 great ballplayer is a player who will take a chance.

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

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...

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...

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...

Leisure is the handmaiden of the devil.

Leisure is the handmaiden of the devil.

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...

Luck is the residue of design.

Luck is the residue of design.

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.

Baseball is a game of inches.

Baseball is a game of inches.

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...

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...

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 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...

A full mind is an empty bat.

A full mind is an empty bat.

Thinking about the devil is worse than seeing the devil.

Thinking about the devil is worse than seeing the devil.

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...

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

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

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...