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.
It is not the honor that you take with you, but the heritage you leave behind. - Branch Rickey
It is not the honor that you take with you, but the heritage you leave behind.
- Branch Rickey
Thinking about the devil is worse than seeing the devil. - Branch Rickey
Thinking about the devil is worse than seeing the devil.
I cannot face my God much longer knowing that his black creatures are held separate and distinct from his white creatures in the game that has given … - Branch Rickey
I cannot face my God much longer knowing that his black creatures are held separate and distinct from his white creatures in the game that has given …
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
Ethnic prejudice has no place in sports, and baseball must recognize that truth if it is to maintain stature as a national game.
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 … - 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 …
Success is that place in the road where preparation meets opportunity. - Branch Rickey
Success is that place in the road where preparation meets opportunity.
Worry is simply thinking the same thing over and over again and not doing anything about it. - Branch Rickey
Worry is simply thinking the same thing over and over again and not doing anything about it.
We win if the world is convinced of two things, that you are a fine gentleman, and a great baseball player. - Branch Rickey
We win if the world is convinced of two things, that you are a fine gentleman, and a great baseball player.
How to use your leisure time is the biggest problem of a ballplayer. - Branch Rickey
How to use your leisure time is the biggest problem of a ballplayer.
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