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Quote by Branch Rickey
I find fault with my children because I like them and I want them

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

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First you forget names; then you forget faces; then you forget to zip up your fly; and then you forget to unzip your fly. – Branch Rickey

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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. – Branch Rickey

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