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

A game of great charm in the adoption of mathematical measurements to the timing of human movements, the exactitudes and adjustments of physical ability to hazardous chance. The speed of the legs, the dexterity of the body, the grace of the swing, the elusiveness of the slide - these are the features that make Americans everywhere forget the last syllable of a man's last name or the pigmentation of his skin.

Good luck is what is left over after intelligence and effort have combined at their best. Luck is the residue of design.

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

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

Only in baseball can a team player be a pure individualist first and a team player second, within the rules and spirit of the game.

Luck is a residue of design.