First 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.
BRANCH RICKEYIt (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.
More Branch Rickey Quotes
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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 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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A full mind is an empty bat.
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A great ballplayer is a player who will take a chance.
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Baseball is a game of inches.
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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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Leisure is the handmaiden of the devil.
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Negligence or indifference are usually reviewed from an unlucky seat. The law of cause and effect and causality both work the same with inexorable exactitudes. Luck is the residue of design.
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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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Fill in any figure you want for that boy (Mickey Mantle). Whatever the figure, it’s a deal.
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The man with the ball is responsible for what happens to the ball.
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Don’t look at the hole in the doughnut. Look at the whole doughnut.
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Don’t worry about your individual numbers. Worry about the team. If the team is successful, each of you will be successful, too.
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