Baseball is a game of inches.

Thou shalt not steal. I mean defensively. On offense, indeed thou shall steal and thou must.

If things don't come easy, there is no premium on effort. There should be joy in the chase, zest in the pursuit.

I did not mind the public criticism. That sort of thing has not changed any program I thought was good.

I cannot face my God much longer knowing that his black creatures are held separate and distinct from his white creatures in the game that has given me all that I can call my own.

Luck is the residue of opportunity and design.

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.