Baseball is a game of inches.

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.

The greatest healing therapy is friendship and love.

Love, having become a god, becomes a demon.

Talking doom and gloom all day no longer fit who I was as a person.

Should I really care what kind of beer frogs recommend?

There is a sort of gratification in doing good which makes us rejoice in ourselves.

It is living, not thinking, as a feminist that has become the challenge.

No one worth possessing can be quite possessed.

You can do something other than working with God in His purpose, but it will always be something lesser, and you couldn't come up with something better.

Every artist, true artist, struggles with an overwhelming sense of feeling like you're not worthy.

How do you know but ev’ry Bird that cuts the airy way, Is an immense world of delight, clos’d by your senses five?