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

Worry is simply thinking the same thing over and over again and not doing anything about it.

Some day I'm going to have to stand before God, and if He asks me why I didn't let that [Jackie] Robinson fellow play ball, I don't think saying 'because of the color of his skin' would be a good enough answer.

I don't like the subtle infiltration of 'something for nothing' philosophies into the very hearthstone of the American family. I believe that 'Thou shalt earn the bread by the sweat of thy face' was a benediction and not a penalty. Work is the zest of life; there is joy in its pursuit.

Never surrender opportunity to security.

The world’s not so simple anymore, I guess it never was. We ignored it, now we can’t.

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