Author: Branch Rickey

Quotes

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.

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

A great ballplayer is a player who will take a chance.

A great ballplayer is a player who will take a chance.

- 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.

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

How to use your leisure time is the biggest problem of a ballplayer.

How to use your leisure time is the biggest problem of a ballplayer.

- Branch Rickey

Luck is the residue of design.

Luck is the residue of design.

- 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.

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

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