A great ballplayer is a player who will take a chance.

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

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.

Some day I'm going to have to stand before God, and if He asks me why I didn't let that [Jackie] Robinson fellow play ball, I don't think saying 'because of the color of his skin' would be a good enough answer.

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

Worry is simply thinking the same thing over and over again and not doing anything about it.

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