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Branch Rickey once said of me that I was a man with an infinite capacity for immediately making a bad thing worse.
— Leo Durocher
There was never a man in the game who could put mind and muscle together quicker and with better judgment than (Jackie) Robinson.
— Branch Rickey
The only thing Abner Doubleday ever started was the Civil War.
— 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.
— Branch Rickey
I am alarmed at the subtle invasion of professional football, which is gaining preeminence over baseball. It's unthinkable.
— Branch Rickey
Trade a player a year too early rather than a year too late.
— 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
The greatest untapped reservoir of raw material in the history of our game is the black race.
— 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
Baseball is a game of inches.
— Branch Rickey
Problems are the price you pay for progress.
— 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
Never surrender opportunity for security.
— Branch Rickey
A full mind is an empty bat.
— Branch Rickey
Never surrender opportunity to security.
— Branch Rickey
He's the best prospect I've ever seen.
— Branch Rickey
The world's not so simple anymore, I guess it never was. We ignored it, now we can't.
— 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
A great ballplayer is a player who will take a chance.
— Branch Rickey
Thinking about the devil is worse than seeing the devil.
— Branch Rickey
He (Leo Durocher) had the ability of taking a bad situation and making it immediately worse.
— Branch Rickey
Leisure is the handmaiden of the devil.
— Branch Rickey
All I had was natural ability.
— Branch Rickey
I did not mind the public criticism. That sort of thing has not changed any program I thought was good.
— 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
Thou shalt not steal. I mean defensively. On offense, indeed thou shall steal and thou must.
— 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
