Baseball people are generally allergic to new ideas; it took years to persuade them to put numbers on uniforms, and it is the hardest thing in the world to get Major League Baseball to change anything—even spikes on a new pair of shoes—but they will eventually...they are bound to.

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

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

Baseball people, and that includes myself, are slow to change and accept new ideas. I remember that it took years to persuade them to put numbers on uniforms.

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

There never has been a man in the game who could put mind and muscle together quicker and with better judgment than Robinson.

Leisure is the handmaiden of the devil.