I had many, many, many death threats. I couldn't open letters for a long time, because they all had to be opened by either the FBI or somebody.

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

Making the majors is not as hard as staying there, staying interested day after day. It's like being married. The hardest part is to stay married.

My motto was always to keep swinging. Whether I was in a slump or feeling badly or having trouble off the field, the only thing to do was keep swinging.

Roger Maris lost his hair the season he hit sixty-one, I still have all my hair, but when it's over, I'm going home to Mobile and fish for a long time.

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.

Failure is a part of success. There is no such thing as a bed of roses all your life. But failure will never stand in the way of success if you learn from it.