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.

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

Baseball, like some other sports, poses as a sacred institution dedicated to the public good, but it is actually a big, selfish business with a ruthlessness that many big businesses would never think of displaying.

I am not concerned with being liked or disliked. I am concerned with being respected

I don't like needing anyone for anything.

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

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.