All I had was natural ability. |
Luck is the residue of design. |
If things don't come easy, there is no premium on effort. There should be joy in the chase, zest in the pursuit. |
Leisure is the handmaiden of the devil. |
Problems are the price you pay for progress. |
A full mind is an empty bat. |
Thinking about the devil is worse than seeing the devil. |
The man with the ball is responsible for what happens to the ball. |
Ethnic prejudice has no place in sports, and baseball must recognize that truth if it is to maintain stature as a national game. |
Only in baseball can a team player be a pure individualist first and a team player second, within the rules and spirit of the game. |
Baseball is a game of inches. |
Thou shalt not steal. I mean defensively. On offense, indeed thou shall steal and thou must. |
I don't care if I was a ditch-digger at a dollar a day, I'd want to do my job better than the fellow next to me. I'd want to be the best at whatever I do. |
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 the field as though it was his last day. |
The greatest untapped reservoir of raw material in the history of our game is the black race. |
Trade a player a year too early rather than a year too late. |
It is not the honor that you take with you, but the heritage you leave behind. |
Never surrender opportunity for security. |
How to use your leisure time is the biggest problem of a ballplayer. |