On the field, blacks have been able to be super giants. But, once our playing days are over, this is the end of it and we go back to the back of the bus again.

Does Pete (Rose) hustle? Before the All-Star game he came into the clubhouse and took off his shoes and they ran another mile without him.

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

Didn't come up here to read. Came up here to hit.

I can't recall a day this year or last when I did not hear the name of Babe Ruth.

There is no such thing as a bed of roses all your life.

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.