Luck is a residue of design.

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

Fill in any figure you want for that boy (Mickey Mantle). Whatever the figure, it's a deal.

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.

Luck is the residue of opportunity and design.

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

Leisure is the handmaiden of the devil.