How to use your leisure time is the biggest problem of a ballplayer.

Thinking about the devil is worse than seeing the devil.

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

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?

Success is that place in the road where preparation meets opportunity.

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

Luck is the residue of opportunity and design.