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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

Problems are the price you pay for progress.
BRANCH RICKEY

Adversity Progress Survival
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 RICKEY

Men Pay Price Winning
A full mind is an empty bat.
BRANCH RICKEY

Baseball Bats Mind
Thinking about the devil is worse than seeing the devil.
BRANCH RICKEY

Devil Thinking Vision
The world’s not so simple anymore, I guess it never was. We ignored it, now we can’t.
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Ignore Simple World
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

Baseball Men Running
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

Baseball Motivational Team
Don’t look at the hole in the doughnut. Look at the whole doughnut.
BRANCH RICKEY

Doughnut Holes Looks
Good luck is what is left over after intelligence and effort have combined at their best. Luck is the residue of design.
BRANCH RICKEY

Design Effort Good Luck
The only thing Abner Doubleday ever started was the Civil War.
BRANCH RICKEY

Civil War War
The man with the ball is responsible for what happens to the ball.
BRANCH RICKEY

Anymore Balls Men Simple
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

Effort Joy Zest
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

Games Knowing White
Luck is a residue of design.
BRANCH RICKEY

Design Luck Residue
He (Leo Durocher) had the ability of taking a bad situation and making it immediately worse.
BRANCH RICKEY

Ability Bad Situation Taking
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

Baseball Ideas Shoes

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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