Luck is the residue of design.
Meaning of the quote
'Luck is the residue of design' means that good luck doesn't just happen by chance. It's the result of careful planning and hard work. When you put in the effort to create something, you increase your chances of success, even if it seems like you got lucky. It's not just about being in the right place at the right time - it's about making your own opportunities through your actions and decisions.
About Branch Rickey
Branch Rickey was a baseball legend who broke the color barrier by signing Jackie Robinson, created the modern minor league system, and introduced the batting helmet. He had a successful playing and managing career, and was known for his deep Christian faith and many achievements in the sport.
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Thou shalt not steal. I mean defensively. On offense, indeed thou shall steal and thou must.
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Baseball is a game of inches.
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How to use your leisure time is the biggest problem of a ballplayer.
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Trade a player a year too early rather than a year too late.
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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.
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Cobb lived off the field as though he wished to live forever. He lived on the field as though it was his last day.
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The greatest untapped reservoir of raw material in the history of our game is the black race.
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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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Problems are the price you pay for progress.
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All I had was natural ability.
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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.
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Luck is the residue of design.
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Thinking about the devil is worse than seeing the devil.
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A full mind is an empty bat.
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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.
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Never surrender opportunity for security.
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It is not the honor that you take with you, but the heritage you leave behind.
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If things don’t come easy, there is no premium on effort. There should be joy in the chase, zest in the pursuit.
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A great ballplayer is a player who will take a chance.
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Leisure is the handmaiden of the devil.
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The man with the ball is responsible for what happens to the ball.
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I don’t care if I was a ditch-digger at a dollar a day, I’d want to do my job better than the fellow next to me. I’d want to be the best at whatever I do.
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