There is no logical reason why girls shouldn't play baseball. It's not all that tough.

I'm hoping someday that some kid, black or white, will hit more home runs than myself. Whoever it is, I'd be pulling for him.

Failure is part of success.

I am very proud to be an American. This country has so much potential, I'd just like to see things better, or whatever, and I think it will be.

You can only milk a cow so long, then you're left holding the pail.

I never thought we'd ever have a black president. President Obama has done such a tremendous job He just has been unable to get what he needs to be moved at the level it should be moved.

I had just turned 20, and Jackie told me the only way to be successful at anything was to go out and do it. He said baseball was a game you played every day, not once a week.