He (Leo Durocher) had the ability of taking a bad situation and making it immediately worse.

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.

We learn from failure, not from success!

Stop wasting your life and discover who you are

Thinking of a series of dreamsWhere the time and the tempo flyAnd there's no exit in any direction'Cept the one that you can't see with your eyes

it is dangerous to unmask images, since they dissimulate the fact that there is nothing behind them).

It is obvious that the only interesting people are interested people, and to be completely interested is to have forgotten about "I".

It's not really that much of a big deal - you brush it off and you come back. Defeat is the secret ingredient to success.

One of the agonies of being an author is to know when to stop writing.

Black hair, angelic face, and devil eyes.

Kissing Mother Superior, incompetent, hairball, poppy seeds, on the can.

I really, truly believe in learning from other people's mistakes.