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Letter "B" » Branch Rickey Quotes
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«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.»
«Baseball is a game of inches.»
«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.»
Author: Branch Rickey
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Baseball
| Keywords:
baseball team, first team, individualist, individualists, team spirit
«A great ballplayer is a player who will take a chance.»
«Leisure is the handmaiden of the devil.»
«I am alarmed at the subtle invasion of professional football, which is gaining preeminence over baseball. It's unthinkable.»
Author: Branch Rickey
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Football
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alarmed, gaining, invasion, preeminence, professional baseball, professional football, unthinkable
«The man with the ball is responsible for what happens to the ball.»
Author: Branch Rickey
«I'll play baseball for the Army or fight for it, whatever they want me to do.»
Author: Branch Rickey
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Sports
«If things don't come easy, there is no premium on effort. There should be joy in the chase, zest in the pursuit.»
«Ethnic prejudice has no place in sports, and baseball must recognize that truth if it is to maintain stature as a national game.»
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