Branch Rickey

How to use your leisure time is the biggest problem of a ballplayer. ↗

— Branch Rickey

#biggest #biggest problem #how #leisure #leisure time

I don't care if I was a ditch-digger at a dollar a day, I'd want to do my job better than the fellow next to me. I'd want to be the best at whatever I do. ↗

— Branch Rickey

#better #care #day #dollar #fellow

Leisure is the handmaiden of the devil. ↗

— Branch Rickey

#handmaiden #leisure

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. ↗

— Branch Rickey

#first #game #individualist #only #player

Problems are the price you pay for progress. ↗

— Branch Rickey

#price #problems #progress #you

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

— Branch Rickey

#game #greatest #history #material #our

The man with the ball is responsible for what happens to the ball. ↗

— Branch Rickey

#happens #man #responsible

Thinking about the devil is worse than seeing the devil. ↗

— Branch Rickey

#devil #seeing #than #thinking #worse

Thou shalt not steal. I mean defensively. On offense, indeed thou shall steal and thou must. ↗

— Branch Rickey

#i #indeed #mean #must #offense

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