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

I cannot face my God much longer knowing that his black creatures are held separate and distinct from his white creatures in the game that has given me all that I can call my own.

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

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

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

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?

First of all, a man, whether seeking achievement on the athletic field or in business, must want to win. He must feel that the thing he is doing is worthwhile; so worthwhile that he is willing to pay the price of success to attain distinction.