68 Quotes by Branch Rickey

Leisure is the handmaiden of the devil.

When (Rube) Waddell had control and some sleep, he was unbeatable.

Baseball is a game of inches.

Fill in any figure you want for that boy (Mickey Mantle). Whatever the figure, it's a deal.

Branch Rickey made me a better man.

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.

There was never a man in the game who could put mind and muscle together quicker and with better judgment than (Jackie) Robinson.

I did not mind the public criticism. That sort of thing has not changed any program I thought was good.

Luck is the residue of opportunity and design.