Branch Rickey Player Quotations

Trade a player a year too early rather than a year too late.

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.

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

It (a baseball box score) doesn't tell how big you are, what church you attend, what color you are, or how your father voted in the last election. It just tells what kind of baseball player you were on that particular day.

We win if the world is convinced of two things, that you are a fine gentleman, and a great baseball player.