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.

If I had to choose between baseball’s Hall of Fame and first class citizenship for all of my people. I would say first-class citizenship.

The most luxurious possession, the richest treasure anybody has, is his personal dignity.

I'm not concerned with your liking or disliking me... All I ask is that you respect me as a human being.

Life is not a spectator sport.

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.

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