I played with Willie Mays and against Hank Aaron. They were tremendous players, but they were no Josh Gibson.

Baseball has done more to move America in the right direction than all of the professional patriots with all their cheap words.

My all-time heroes are Thurgood Marshall and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., two men who had to really work to achieve what they did. And I had the privilege of meeting them both.

Many of the greatest black athletes of all time played baseball for no money and no recognition. I'm just sorry many major league fans never got to see them play, because many of them were awesome.

I played for Almendares in Cuba. Guess who was trying out for the team? Castro. Fidel Castro, as a pitcher. He could throw pretty hard, but he was wild. He didn't have any control.

I think anybody who saw him will tell you that Willie Mays was the greatest player who ever lived.

Words are more thoughts

The more broken you are, the more light gets through.

Love is patient, love is kind.

The South, to me, is fried chicken and catfish caviar --- that's grits --- and good-looking women.

For my own private satisfaction, I had rather be master of my own time than wear a diadem.

Donald Trump has said many times, he will be the president of all people, even those who don't agree with him.

Legislators need to support privacy to establish consumer confidence.

Help your pieces so they can help you

The dirty little secret about adventure writing is that something has to go wrong.

I think Hillary Clinton is an outstandingly capable and decent person.