Show me a guy who's afraid to look bad, and I'll show you a guy you can beat every time.

I don't have to steal bases. I steal bases because I want to.

Competition is what keeps me playing the psychological warfare of matching skill against skill and wit against wit.

Jim Crow was king... and I heard a game in which Jackie Robinson was playing, and I felt pride in being alive

Show me a guy who's afraid to look bad, and I'll show you a guy you can beat every time.

You can't be afraid to make errors! You can't be afraid to be naked before the crowd, because no one can ever master the game of baseball, or conquer it. You can only challenge it.

The baseball held was my fantasy of what life offered.