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title: "1 Rickey Quotes By Branch Rickey"
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> [Branch Rickey made me a better man.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/branch-rickey/branch-rickey-made-me-a-better-man/)

[Branch Rickey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/branch-rickey/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d5e/branch-rickey-12234_better-man_branch-rickey-made-me-a-better-man-13420_1342060.png)

## Other authors on Rickey

## More by 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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/branch-rickey/don-t-worry-about-your-individual-numbers-worry-about-the-team-if-the/)

[Branch Rickey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/branch-rickey/)

> [It is not the honor that you take with you, but the heritage you leave behind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/branch-rickey/it-is-not-the-honor-that-you-take-with-you-but-the-heritage-you-leave/)

[Branch Rickey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/branch-rickey/)

> [Thou shalt not steal. I mean defensively. On offense, indeed thou shall steal and thou must.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/branch-rickey/thou-shalt-not-steal-i-mean-defensively-on-offense-indeed-thou-shall/)

[Branch Rickey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/branch-rickey/)

> [Don't look at the hole in the doughnut. Look at the whole doughnut.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/branch-rickey/don-t-look-at-the-hole-in-the-doughnut-look-at-the-whole-doughnut/)

[Branch Rickey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/branch-rickey/ethnic-prejudice-has-no-place-in-sports-and-baseball-must-recognize/)

[Branch Rickey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/branch-rickey/)

> [We win if the world is convinced of two things, that you are a fine gentleman, and a great baseball player.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/branch-rickey/we-win-if-the-world-is-convinced-of-two-things-that-you-are-a-fine/)

[Branch Rickey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/branch-rickey/)

> [Luck is the residue of opportunity and design.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/branch-rickey/luck-is-the-residue-of-opportunity-and-design/)

[Branch Rickey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/branch-rickey/)

> [When (Rube) Waddell had control and some sleep, he was unbeatable.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/branch-rickey/when-rube-waddell-had-control-and-some-sleep-he-was-unbeatable/)

[Branch Rickey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/branch-rickey/)

> [Leisure is the handmaiden of the devil.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/branch-rickey/leisure-is-the-handmaiden-of-the-devil/)

[Branch Rickey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/branch-rickey/)

> [Luck is a residue of design.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/branch-rickey/luck-is-a-residue-of-design/)

[Branch Rickey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/branch-rickey/)

> [Fill in any figure you want for that boy (Mickey Mantle). Whatever the figure, it's a deal.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/branch-rickey/fill-in-any-figure-you-want-for-that-boy-mickey-mantle-whatever-the/)

[Branch Rickey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/branch-rickey/)

> [Worry is simply thinking the same thing over and over again and not doing anything about it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/branch-rickey/worry-is-simply-thinking-the-same-thing-over-and-over-again-and-not/)

[Branch Rickey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/branch-rickey/)

> [I am alarmed at the subtle invasion of professional football, which is gaining preeminence over baseball. It's unthinkable.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/branch-rickey/i-am-alarmed-at-the-subtle-invasion-of-professional-football-which-is/)

[Branch Rickey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/branch-rickey/)

> [ 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… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/branch-rickey/some-day-i-m-going-to-have-to-stand-before-god-and-if-he-asks-me-why/)

[Branch Rickey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/branch-rickey/)

> [The only thing Abner Doubleday ever started was the Civil War.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/branch-rickey/the-only-thing-abner-doubleday-ever-started-was-the-civil-war/)

[Branch Rickey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/branch-rickey/)

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