Leisure is the handmaiden of the devil.

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.

He (Leo Durocher) had the ability of taking a bad situation and making it immediately worse.

The man with the ball is responsible for what happens to the ball.

Good luck is what is left over after intelligence and effort have combined at their best. Luck is the residue of design.

Ethnic prejudice has no place in sports, and baseball must recognize that truth if it is to maintain stature as a national game.

The only thing Abner Doubleday ever started was the Civil War.