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.

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

If I had my career to play over, one thing I'd do differently is swing more. Those 1,200 walks I got, nobody remembers them.

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

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

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

I had only played five games in my senior year in high school. I was not large enough. Hell, when I graduated, I was about five foot four and weighed 120 pounds. I didn't go with the Dodgers until spring training of 1940 and I weighed all of 155 pounds soaking wet.