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Branch Rickey
December 20, 1881 - December 9, 1965
Nationality: American
Category: Athlete
Subcategory: American Athlete

All I had was natural ability.

   

Luck is the residue of design.

   

If things don't come easy, there is no premium on effort. There should be joy in the chase, zest in the pursuit.

   

Leisure is the handmaiden of the devil.

   

Problems are the price you pay for progress.

   

A full mind is an empty bat.

   

Thinking about the devil is worse than seeing the devil.

   

The man with the ball is responsible for what happens to the ball.

   

Ethnic prejudice has no place in sports, and baseball must recognize that truth if it is to maintain stature as a national game.

   

Only in baseball can a team player be a pure individualist first and a team player second, within the rules and spirit of the game.

   

Baseball is a game of inches.

   

Thou shalt not steal. I mean defensively. On offense, indeed thou shall steal and thou must.

   

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.

   

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

   

Cobb lived off the field as though he wished to live forever. He lived on the field as though it was his last day.

   

The greatest untapped reservoir of raw material in the history of our game is the black race.

   

Trade a player a year too early rather than a year too late.

   

It is not the honor that you take with you, but the heritage you leave behind.

   

Never surrender opportunity for security.

   

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

   

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