A full mind is an empty bat.

It is not the honor that you take with you, but the heritage you leave behind.

I cannot face my God much longer knowing that his black creatures are held separate and distinct from his white creatures in the game that has given me all that I can call my own.

Man may penetrate the outer reaches of the universe, he may solve the very secret of eternity itself but for me, the ultimate human experience is to witness the flawless execution of the hit-and-run.

Success is that place in the road where preparation meets opportunity.

If things don't come easy, there is no premium on effort. There should be joy in the chase, zest in the pursuit.

Ethnic prejudice has no place in sports, and baseball must recognize that truth if it is to maintain stature as a national game.

Worry is simply thinking the same thing over and over again and not doing anything about it.

The greatest untapped reservoir of raw material in the history of our game is the black race.

Good luck is what is left over after intelligence and effort have combined at their best. Luck is the residue of design.

There never has been a man in the game who could put mind and muscle together quicker and with better judgment than Robinson.

I shall not pass this way again: Then let me now relieve some pain Remove some barrier from the road Or brighten some one's heavy load.

The fact that slavery is written into the Constitution is about as entrenched a form of classism as you could possibly imagine.

When you come into a movie theatre, there are no windows, you don't hear the sound outside and you're ready for fantasy.

I'm just trying to rid the world of all these fevered egos that are tainting our collective unconscious.

And Honey, I miss you and I'm being good. And I'd love to be with you if only I could.

Elizabeth Taylor is gorgeous, beautiful, and she still is today, I'm crazy about her.

America is fed up with political correctness, and it is fed up with government that doesn't work. It's fed up with weakness being interpreted as wisdom.

As you lose your life in the service of Father in Heaven's children, Satan's temptations lose power in your life.

If people go to IMDB, they will see that I'm very comfortable with independent cinema, and doing studio films too. For me this is not an either/or situation.

One: demonstrations always crash. And two: the probability of them crashing goes up exponentially with the number of people watching.