A great ballplayer is a player who will take a cha... -Branch Rickey

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

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Branch Rickey was an American professional baseball player, coach, and executive, known for his role in breaking the color barrier in Major League Baseball by signing Jackie Robinson.

Branch Rickey Quotes to Explore

Luck is the residue of design....
A great ballplayer is a player who will take a chance....
Ethnic prejudice has no place in sports, and baseball must recognize that truth if it is to maintain stature as a national game....
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 t...

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I think a lot of times, when people who get a chance to meet me and be around me, they understand that I'm not the person that the media make me out t...
I work out every day. My friends say that I became an actress by chance; I should have become a gym trainer. I am the most grumpiest and irritable per...
When I was growing up, I felt like no one gave Canadians a chance. And now that they see we have quality in Canada and it's amazing to see....
Nighttime, in a nanosecond, asleep by 10:30. No chance I'll get through the day without two naps. Before noon, around 11 A.M. I catch 30 minutes. Livi...
There are a lot of guys who play in the NBA. There aren't a lot of guys who have a chance to win a gold medal, too....
The Cubs gave me a chance to play. They signed me as a free agent and brought me to the Major Leagues. The first day I walked into Wrigley Field was o...
Some people start modeling because they want to be models and they want the parties and the recognition, and then there are people like me. I come fro...
Forget the historic nature of his election having to do with skin color - Obama has an opportunity offered to few presidents: the chance to set the co...
I'm not a good philanthropist yet; I'm not as good as I'd like to be... I believe very hard in luck. It's all chance; therefore, any privilege you hav...
We want to do something important in the World Cup, and hopefully I have the chance. If not, well, life goes on, I'll keep working the same way and su...