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.

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

I used to tell Jackie (Robinson) sometimes when they were throwing at him, 'Jackie, they aren't throwing at you because you are black. They are throwing at you because they don't like you.

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

Changing from a player to a coach, I felt like a mosquito in a nudist colony. I didn't know where to begin.

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.