There never has been a man in the game who could put mind and muscle together quicker and with better judgment than Robinson.
Interpretation
This quote highlights Robinson's exceptional ability to combine intellect and physical skill in sports.
Branch Rickey's quote emphasizes the rare talent of Jackie Robinson, who was not only an outstanding athlete but also demonstrated remarkable mental acuity in the game of baseball. Rickey asserts that Robinson's unique ability to seamlessly integrate his cognitive understanding of the game with his physical prowess set him apart from others, illustrating the importance of both mind and body in achieving success.
In practice
This quote can be used in a sports motivational speech to inspire athletes to blend strategy with skill.
I don't like the subtle infiltration of 'something for nothing' philosophies into the very hearthstone of the American family. I believe that 'Thou shalt earn the bread by the sweat of thy face' was a benediction and not a penalty. Work is the zest of life; there is joy in its pursuit.
Things worthwhile generally donβt 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.
Cobb lived off the field as though he wished to live forever. He lived on the field as though it was his last day.
Luck is the residue of opportunity and design.
It (a baseball box score) doesn't tell how big you are, what church you attend, what color you are, or how your father voted in the last election. It just tells what kind of baseball player you were on that particular day.
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.
Do not many of us who fail to achieve big things. . .fail because we lack concentration--the art of concentrating the mind on the thing to be done at the proper time and to the exclusion of everything else?
If you don't win a Super Bowl, you're not considered successful in the National Football League. I can remember, when we finally won that first one, feeling so good for the players and fans.
As a young woman, I wanted nothing more than to see my name in lights.
The secret of success lies not in doing your own work, but in recognizing the right man to do it.
Prosperity is the fruit of labor. It begins with saving money.
The prospect of penury in age is so gloomy and terrifying that every man who looks before him must resolve to avoid it; and it must be avoided generally by the science of sparing. For, though in every age there are some who, by bold adventures, or by favorable accidents, rise suddenly to riches, yet it is dangerous to indulge hopes of such rare events; and the bulk of mankind must owe their affluence to small and gradual profits, below which their expense must be resolutely reduced.
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