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

A great ballplayer is a player who will take a chance.

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.

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.

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

How to use your leisure time is the biggest problem of a ballplayer.

He's the best prospect I've ever seen.