Branch Rickey

Luck is the residue of design. ↗

— Branch Rickey

#luck #residue

A great ballplayer is a player who will take a chance. ↗

— Branch Rickey

#chance #great #player #take #take a chance

Never surrender opportunity for security. ↗

— Branch Rickey

#never surrender #opportunity #security #surrender

A full mind is an empty bat. ↗

— Branch Rickey

#empty #full #mind

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

— Branch Rickey

#heritage #honor #leave #take #you

All I had was natural ability. ↗

— Branch Rickey

#had #i #natural #natural ability

Baseball is a game of inches. ↗

— Branch Rickey

#game #inches

Baseball people, and that includes myself, are slow to change and accept new ideas. I remember that it took years to persuade them to put numbers on uniforms. ↗

— Branch Rickey

#baseball #change #i #i remember #ideas

Cobb lived off the field as though he wished to live forever. He lived on the field as though it was his last day. ↗

— Branch Rickey

#day #field #forever #his #last

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

— Branch Rickey

#come #easy #effort #joy #premium