Pop flies, in a sense, are just a diversion for a second baseman. Grounders are his stock trade.

I do not believe that every person, in every walk of life, can succeed in spite of any handicap. That would be perfection. But I do believe that what I was able to attain came to be because we put behind us (no matter how slowly) the dogmas of the past: to discover the truth of today; and perhaps the greatness of tomorrow.

At the beginning of the World Series of 1947, I experienced a completely new emotion when the National Anthem was played. This time, I thought, it is being played for me, as much as for anyone else.

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.

It kills me to lose. If I'm a troublemaker, and I don't think that my temper makes me one, then it's because I can't stand losing. That's the way I am about winning, all I ever wanted to do was finish first.

The right of every American to first-class citizenship is the most important issue of our time.

Pop flies, in a sense, are just a diversion for a second baseman. Grounders are his stock trade.