It's not easy to be a martyr in the field of race relations.

I don't like needing anyone for anything.

The way I figured it, I was even with baseball and baseball with me. The game had done much for me, and I had done much for it.

Life is not a spectator sport. If you're going to spend your whole life in the grandstand just watching what goes on, in my opinion you're wasting your life.

Relationships may change throughout the gift of time, memories stay the same forever in my mind.

Next time I go to a movie and see a picture of a little ordinary girl become a great star… I’ll believe it. And whenever I hear my wife read fairy tales to my little boy, I’ll listen. I know now that dreams do come true.

This ain't fun. But you watch me, I'll get it done.