Branch Rickey Quotes (30 Quotes)



    In 1960 when Pittsburgh beat us in the World Series, we outscored them 55-27. It was the only time I think the better team lost. I was so disappointed I cried on the plane ride home.

    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.


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



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

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

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

    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.

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

    Danny Murtaugh is a gentleman and a gentle man. Get that A gentleman and a gentle man.

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

    This ball - this symbol its it worth a whole man's life




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

    I did not mind the public criticism. That sort of thing has not changed any program I thought was good.

    In summary, we're on the right track and have the right group to make good things happen for Portland.

    I am alarmed at the subtle invasion of professional football, which is gaining preeminence over baseball. It's unthinkable.

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

    Thinking about the devil is worse than seeing the devil.

    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.



    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 a hit-and-run.

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

    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.

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


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