We win if the world is convinced of two things, that you are a fine gentleman, and a great baseball player. — Branch Rickey Copy Share Image
How to use your leisure time is the biggest problem of a ballplayer. — Branch Rickey Copy Share Image
Cobb lived off the field as though he wished to live forever. He lived on the field as though it was his… — Branch Rickey Copy Share Image
Fill in any figure you want for that boy (Mickey Mantle). Whatever the figure, it's a deal. — Branch Rickey Copy Share Image
Hitting the ball was easy. Running around the bases was the tough part.I always loved the game, but when my legs weren't… — Branch Rickey Copy Share Image
Man may penetrate the outer reaches of the universe, he may solve the very secret of eternity itself, but for me, the… — Branch Rickey Copy Share Image
Ethnic prejudice has no place in sports, and baseball must recognize that truth if it is to maintain stature as a national… — Branch Rickey Copy Share Image
Only in baseball can a team player be a pure individualist first and a team player second, within the rules and spirit… — Branch Rickey Copy Share Image
I am alarmed at the subtle invasion of professional football, which is gaining preeminence over baseball. It's unthinkable. — Branch Rickey Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Some day I'm going to have to stand before God, and if He asks me why I didn't let that [Jackie] Robinson… — Branch Rickey Copy Share Image
Baseball people, and that includes myself, are slow to change and accept new ideas. I remember that it took years to persuade… — Branch Rickey Copy Share Image
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… — Branch Rickey Copy Share Image
These are uncertain times. We cannot be content to rest on yesterday's laurels. These are times when we must strengthen rather than… — Branch Rickey Copy Share Image
Baseball people are generally allergic to new ideas; it took years to persuade them to put numbers on uniforms, and it is… — Branch Rickey Copy Share Image
A game of great charm in the adoption of mathematical measurements to the timing of human movements, the exactitudes and adjustments of… — Branch Rickey Copy Share Image
It (a baseball box score) doesn't tell how big you are, what church you attend, what color you are, or how your… — Branch Rickey Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share
It is not the honor that you take with you, but the heritage you leave behind. — Branch Rickey Copy Share
Thou shalt not steal. I mean defensively. On offense, indeed thou shall steal and thou must. — Branch Rickey Copy Share
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 Copy Share
We win if the world is convinced of two things, that you are a fine gentleman, and a great baseball player. — Branch Rickey Copy Share
Fill in any figure you want for that boy (Mickey Mantle). Whatever the figure, it's a deal. — Branch Rickey Copy Share
Worry is simply thinking the same thing over and over again and not doing anything about it. — Branch Rickey Copy Share
I am alarmed at the subtle invasion of professional football, which is gaining preeminence over baseball. It's unthinkable. — Branch Rickey Copy Share
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… — Branch Rickey Copy Share
![“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.” quote by Branch Rickey](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/196/branch-rickey-12234_answers_some-day-i-m-going-to-have-to-stand-befo_621193.jpg)
