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 RICKEYThinking about the devil is worse than seeing the devil.
More Branch Rickey Quotes
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If things don’t come easy, there is no premium on effort. There should be joy in the chase, zest in the pursuit.
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A full mind is an empty bat.
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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.
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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.
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Thinking about the devil is worse than seeing the devil.
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Don’t look at the hole in the doughnut. Look at the whole doughnut.
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We win if the world is convinced of two things, that you are a fine gentleman, and a great baseball player.
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Luck is a residue of design.
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The man with the ball is responsible for what happens to the ball.
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Good luck is what is left over after intelligence and effort have combined at their best. Luck is the residue of design.
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The world’s not so simple anymore, I guess it never was. We ignored it, now we can’t.
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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.
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He (Leo Durocher) had the ability of taking a bad situation and making it immediately worse.
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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.
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Baseball is a game of inches.
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