Luck is a residue of design.

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

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

I don't care if I was a ditch-digger at a dollar a day, I'd want to do my job better than the fellow next to me. I'd want to be the best at whatever I do.

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?

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

Success is that place in the road where preparation meets opportunity.