Things worthwhile generally don’t just happen. Luck is a fact, but should not be a factor. Good luck is what is left over after intelligence and effort have combined at their best. Negligence or indifference are usually reviewed from an unlucky seat. The law of cause and effect and causality both work the same with inexorable exactitudes. Luck is the residue of design.

We win if the world is convinced of two things, that you are a fine gentleman, and a great baseball player.

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.

The world’s not so simple anymore, I guess it never was. We ignored it, now we can’t.

I am alarmed at the subtle invasion of professional football, which is gaining preeminence over baseball. It's unthinkable.

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.

Leo Durocher is a man with an infinite capacity for making a bad thing worse.