If you had a son, it would be a great thing to have him grow up to be just like Gil Hodges.

You can hate a man for many reasons. Color is not one of them.

I didn't want to play there when I first found out I was sold to Brooklyn, but I'm tickled to death. I'm glad I could play in Brooklyn.

Being Captain of the Dodgers meant representing an organization committed to winning and trying to keep it going. We could have won every year if the breaks had gone right.

Brooklyn was the most wonderful city a man could play in, and the fans there were the most loyal there were.

If you rush in and out of the clubhouse, you rush in and out of baseball.

Maybe tomorrow we'll all wear 42, so nobody can tell us apart.