Branch Rickey Quotes & Sayings

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

“Luck is the residue of design.”

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

“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.”

“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.”

“Never surrender opportunity for security.”

“Thinking about the devil is worse than seeing the devil.”

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

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

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