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But how can we tally what an achievement it was to endure what Jackie Robinson endured those first few years? It was an incalculable and heroic sacrifice that can never be reckoned or understood by any conventional standards. Robinson did what he agreed to do when he met that day with Branch Rickey, and he changed the game forever. It was a singular feat of such great moral strength that all athletic strength must pale in comparison. With God's help, one man lifted up a whole people and pulled a whole nation into the future. — Eric Metaxas
Thou shalt not steal. I mean defensively. On offense, indeed thou shall steal and thou must. — Branch Rickey
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. — Branch Rickey
Worry is simply thinking the same thing over and over again and not doing anything about it. — Branch Rickey
I did not mind the public criticism. That sort of thing has not changed any program I thought was good. — Branch Rickey
Good luck is what is left over after intelligence and effort have combined at their best. Luck is the residue of design. — Branch Rickey
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
Some day I'm going to have to stand before God, and if He asks me why I didn't let that [Jackie] Robinson fellow play ball, I don't think saying 'because of the color of his skin' would be a good enough answer. — Branch Rickey
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
I am alarmed at the subtle invasion of professional football, which is gaining preeminence over baseball. It's unthinkable. — Branch Rickey
We win if the world is convinced of two things, that you are a fine gentleman, and a great baseball player. — Branch Rickey
The man with the ball is responsible for what happens to the ball. — Branch Rickey
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
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. — Branch Rickey
He (Branch Rickey) must think I went to the Massachesetts Constitution of Technology. — Dizzy Dean
Never surrender opportunity to security. — Branch Rickey
How to use your leisure time is the biggest problem of a ballplayer. — Branch Rickey
I'm a man of some intelligence. I've had some education, passed the bar, practiced law. I've been a teacher and I deal with men of substance, statesman, business leaders, the clergy ... So why do I spend my time arguing with Dizzy Dean? — Branch Rickey
He's the best prospect I've ever seen. — Branch Rickey
Cobb lived off the field as though he wished to live forever. He lived on the field as though it was his last day. — Branch Rickey
Luck is a residue of design. — Branch Rickey
Baseball is a game of inches. — Branch Rickey
Branch Rickey made me a better man. — Branch Rickey
When (Rube) Waddell
had control and some sleep, he was unbeatable. — Branch Rickey
Things worthwhile generally don't just happen. Luck is a fact, but should not be a factor. Good luck is what is left over after intelligence and effort have combined at their best. 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. — Branch Rickey
He (Leo Durocher) had the ability of taking a bad situation and making it immediately worse. — 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. — Branch Rickey
Branch Rickey once said of me that I was a man with an infinite capacity for immediately making a bad thing worse. — Leo Durocher
The greatest untapped reservoir of raw material in the history of our game is the black race. — Branch Rickey
I had the idea that the film would be much better served by a Branch Rickey look-a-like than a Harrison Ford look-a-like. I didn't want the audience to go into the film thinking that they knew me from some previous experience in the movies. — Harrison Ford
Thinking about the devil is worse than seeing the devil. — Branch Rickey
Fill in any figure you want for that boy (Mickey Mantle). Whatever the figure, it's a deal. — Branch Rickey
Problems are the price you pay for progress. — Branch Rickey
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
What I found fascinating was just how quickly the best of the young Negro League players were drafted into the major leagues once Branch Rickey broke the color line by hiring Jackie Robinson. It was clear that all of the major league owners already knew the talents of the black ballplayers that they had refused to let into their league. — Walter Dean Myers
I was in the top ten percent of my law school class. I am a Doctor of Juris Prudence. I have an honorary Doctor of Laws. So, would somebody please tell me why I spent four mortal hours today conversing with a person named Dizzy Dean. — Branch Rickey