I find fault with my children because I like them and I want them to go places - uprightness and strength and courage and civil respect and anything that affects the probabilities of failure on the part of those that are closest to me, that concerns me - I find fault.

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

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.

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

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

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.

Luck is a residue of design.