My mother was a Bible student, and when I was a youngster, both my mother and father would say, 'If people would only live by the Golden Rule, there wouldn't be the problems that there are.' In other words, 'treat people the way you want to be treated.' If somebody mistreats you, two wrongs won't make a right.
Monte IrvinYou should have seen Willie Wells play shortstop: as good as Ozzie Smith and a better hitter. How I wish people could have seen Ray Dandridge play third base, as good as Brooks Robinson and Craig Nettles and all of those. He was bowlegged; a train might go through there, but not a baseball.
Monte IrvinI played with Willie Mays and against Hank Aaron. They were tremendous players, but they were no Josh Gibson.
Monte IrvinBaseball has done more to move America in the right direction than all of the professional patriots with all their cheap words.
Monte Irvin