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

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.

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.

I guess you'd call me an independent, since I've never identified myself with one party or another in politics. I always decide my vote by taking as careful a look as I can at the actual candidates and issues themselves, no matter what the party label.

A life isn't significant except for its impact on others' lives.

How you played in yesterday's game is all that counts.