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 RICKEYFirst of all, a man, whether seeking achievement on the athletic field or in business, must want to win. He must feel that the thing he is doing is worthwhile; so worthwhile that he is willing to pay the price of success to attain distinction.
More Branch Rickey Quotes
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Thinking about the devil is worse than seeing the devil.
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Luck is a residue of design.
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He (Leo Durocher) had the ability of taking a bad situation and making it immediately worse.
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Fill in any figure you want for that boy (Mickey Mantle). Whatever the figure, it’s a deal.
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Leisure is the handmaiden of the devil.
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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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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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A great ballplayer is a player who will take a chance.
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Problems are the price you pay for progress.
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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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The speed of the legs, the dexterity of the body, the grace of the swing, the elusiveness of the slide – these are the features that make Americans everywhere forget the last syllable of a man’s last name or the pigmentation of his skin.
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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 only thing Abner Doubleday ever started was the Civil War.
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A full mind is an empty bat.
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Baseball is a game of inches.
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