Elder Sterling W. Sills's "Great Experiences" - Part Seven - Branch Rickey and Looking Forward

 For Part One, Part Two, Part Three, Part Four, Part Five, Part Six, or Part Eight...make your choice here. :-)  

Elder Sterling W. Sill nears the end of his talk on "Great Experiences" with the reassurance that all of our best work, our best times, are certainly NOT in the rear view mirror for anyone. He says:

 

The Quote 

 "But all of my great experiences are not in the past. Branch Rickey, the great baseball manager, was once asked to describe his greatest day in baseball. He said, “I can’t because I haven’t had it yet.”

Who was Branch Rickey?

 First of all, Westley Branch Rickey was the husband of my sixth cousin three times removed, as far as I can tell. Not bad.

But amazingly, he was the one who desegregated the game of baseball when he hired Jackie Robinson to play for the Brooklyn Dodgers as their manager.  

A very forward-thinking man, and how many people can say they have Harrison Ford to play them in the movie, right?  

A little swearing (beware), but a pretty good scene. :-)

 

He had a long and illustrious career. I can only assume he gave this quote near the end of all those world-bending experiences, which was pretty incredible in itself. 

It does make me want to think the same way. Who knows what's on the horizon for any of us, really? Who wants to think everything good in their life is behind them? I know there's much more in store for me - no way are my best experiences behind me. :-)