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.

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

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?

Leisure is the handmaiden of the devil.

A great ballplayer is a player who will take a chance.

He's the best prospect I've ever seen.