The man with the ball is responsible for what happens to the ball.

Quote by Branch Rickey

Topics: Branch Rickey Quotes

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.

Problems are the price you pay for progress.

Problems are the price you pay for progress.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

A full mind is an empty bat.

A full mind is an empty bat.

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...

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...

Luck is the residue of design.

Luck is the residue of design.

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...

Never surrender opportunity for security.

Never surrender opportunity for security.

Leisure is the handmaiden of the devil.

Leisure is the handmaiden of the devil.

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...

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...

Baseball is a game of inches.

Baseball is a game of inches.

A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings.

A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings.

If it wasn't for baseball, I'd be in either the penitentiary or the cemetery.

If it wasn't for baseball, I'd be in either the penitentiary or the cemetery.