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Man may penetrate the outer reaches of the universe, he may solve the very secret of eternity itself but for me, the ultimate human experience is to witness the flawless execution of the hit-and-run. -- Branch Rickey
The greatest untapped reservoir of raw material in the history of our game is the black race. -- Branch Rickey
Baseball people are generally allergic to new ideas; it took years to persuade them to put numbers on uniforms, and it is the hardest thing in the world to get Major League Baseball to change anything - even spikes on a new pair of shoes - but they will eventually ... they are bound to. -- Branch Rickey
It (a baseball box score) doesn't tell how big you are, what church you attend, what color you are, or how your father voted in the last election. It just tells what kind of baseball player you were on that particular day. -- Branch Rickey
Ethnic prejudice has no place in sports, and baseball must recognize that truth if it is to maintain stature as a national game. -- Branch Rickey
Some day I'm going to have to stand before God, and if He asks me why I didn't let that [Jackie] Robinson fellow play ball, I don't think saying 'because of the color of his skin' would be a good enough answer. -- Branch Rickey
Leisure is the handmaiden of the devil. -- Branch Rickey
Baseball is a game of inches. -- Branch Rickey
The world's not so simple anymore, I guess it never was. We ignored it, now we can't. -- Branch Rickey
He (Leo Durocher) had the ability of taking a bad situation and making it immediately worse. -- Branch Rickey
Leo Durocher is a man with an infinite capacity for making a bad thing worse. -- Branch Rickey
I was in the top ten percent of my law school class. I am a Doctor of Juris Prudence. I have an honorary Doctor of Laws. So, would somebody please tell me why I spent four mortal hours today conversing with a person named Dizzy Dean. -- Branch Rickey
We win if the world is convinced of two things, that you are a fine gentleman, and a great baseball player. -- Branch Rickey
I'm a man of some intelligence. I've had some education, passed the bar, practiced law. I've been a teacher and I deal with men of substance, statesman, business leaders, the clergy ... So why do I spend my time arguing with Dizzy Dean? -- Branch Rickey
I am alarmed at the subtle invasion of professional football, which is gaining preeminence over baseball. It's unthinkable. -- Branch Rickey
The only thing Abner Doubleday ever started was the Civil War. -- Branch Rickey
Worry is simply thinking the same thing over and over again and not doing anything about it. -- Branch Rickey
Fill in any figure you want for that boy (Mickey Mantle). Whatever the figure, it's a deal. -- Branch Rickey
Problems are the price you pay for progress. -- Branch Rickey
Baseball people, and that includes myself, are slow to change and accept new ideas. I remember that it took years to persuade them to put numbers on uniforms. -- Branch Rickey
Never surrender opportunity to security. -- Branch Rickey
A great ballplayer is a player who will take a chance. -- Branch Rickey
I don't like the subtle infiltration of 'something for nothing' philosophies into the very hearthstone of the American family. I believe that 'Thou shalt earn the bread by the sweat of thy face' was a benediction and not a penalty. Work is the zest of life; there is joy in its pursuit. -- Branch Rickey
He's the best prospect I've ever seen. -- Branch Rickey
Good luck is what is left over after intelligence and effort have combined at their best. Luck is the residue of design. -- Branch Rickey
Don't look at the hole in the doughnut. Look at the whole doughnut. -- Branch Rickey
Thou shalt not steal. I mean defensively. On offense, indeed thou shall steal and thou must. -- Branch Rickey
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. -- Branch Rickey
All I had was natural ability. -- Branch Rickey
I find fault with my children because I like them and I want them to go places - uprightness and strength and courage and civil respect and anything that affects the probabilities of failure on the part of those that are closest to me, that concerns me - I find fault. -- Branch Rickey
A full mind is an empty bat. -- Branch Rickey
Trade a player a year too early rather than a year too late. -- Branch Rickey
If things don't come easy, there is no premium on effort. There should be joy in the chase, zest in the pursuit. -- Branch Rickey
There was never a man in the game who could put mind and muscle together quicker and with better judgment than (Jackie) Robinson. -- Branch Rickey
Branch Rickey made me a better man. -- Branch Rickey
How to use your leisure time is the biggest problem of a ballplayer. -- Branch Rickey
Never surrender opportunity for security. -- Branch Rickey
When (Rube) Waddell
had control and some sleep, he was unbeatable. -- Branch Rickey
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. -- Branch Rickey
The man with the ball is responsible for what happens to the ball. -- Branch Rickey
Luck is the residue of opportunity and design. -- Branch Rickey
Don't worry about your individual numbers. Worry about the team. If the team is successful, each of you will be successful, too. -- Branch Rickey
I did not mind the public criticism. That sort of thing has not changed any program I thought was good. -- Branch Rickey
Cobb lived off the field as though he wished to live forever. He lived on the field as though it was his last day. -- Branch Rickey
Thinking about the devil is worse than seeing the devil. -- Branch Rickey
I cannot face my God much longer knowing that his black creatures are held separate and distinct from his white creatures in the game that has given me all that I can call my own. -- Branch Rickey
It is not the honor that you take with you, but the heritage you leave behind. -- Branch Rickey
Luck is a residue of design. -- Branch Rickey