Never surrender opportunity to security.

He (Leo Durocher) had the ability of taking a bad situation and making it immediately worse.

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

If things don't come easy, there is no premium on effort. There should be joy in the chase, zest in the pursuit.

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

The man with the ball is responsible for what happens to the ball.

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.