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

Above anything else, I hate to lose.

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.

Baseball is like a poker game. Nobody wants to quit when he's losing; nobody wants you to quit when you're ahead.

I had to fight hard against loneliness, abuse, and the knowledge that any mistakes I made would be magnified because I was the only black man out there... I never cared about acceptance as much as I cared about respect.

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

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.