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

Baseball people are generally allergic to new ideas; it took years to persuade them to put numbers on uniforms, and it is the hardest thing in the world to get Major League Baseball to change anything—even spikes on a new pair of shoes—but they will eventually...they are bound to.

The greatest untapped reservoir of raw material in the history of our game is the black race.

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.

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

I am alarmed at the subtle invasion of professional football, which is gaining preeminence over baseball. It's unthinkable.

It is not the honor that you take with you, but the heritage you leave behind.