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01Undated

A full mind is an empty baseball bat.

Branch Rickey / quote

02Undated

Ethnic prejudice has no place in sports, and baseball must recognize that truth if it is to maintain stature as a national game.

Branch Rickey / quote

03Undated

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

Branch Rickey / quote

04Undated

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.

Branch Rickey / quote