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

Don't worry about your individual numbers. Worry about the team. If the team is successful, each of you will be successful, too.

Luck is the residue of opportunity and design.

Thinking about the devil is worse than seeing the devil.

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

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.

I'm a man of some intelligence. I've had some education, passed the bar, practiced law. I've been a teacher and I deal with men of substance, statesman, business leaders, the clergy... So why do I spend my time arguing with Dizzy Dean?