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

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

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.

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

Trade a player a year too early rather than a year too late.

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.

There never has been a man in the game who could put mind and muscle together quicker and with better judgment than Robinson.