I Don't Like Needing Anyone For Anything.

Life Is Not A Spectator Sport. If You're Going To Spend Your Whole Life In The Grandstand Just Watching What Goes On, In My Opinion You're Wasting Your Life.

Above Anything Else, I Hate To Lose.

At The Beginning Of The World Series Of 1947, I Experienced A Completely New Emotion When The National Anthem Was Played. This Time, I Thought, It Is Being Played For Me, As Much As For Anyone Else.

Pop Flies, In A Sense, Are Just A Diversion For A Second Baseman. Grounders Are His Stock Trade.

I Had To Fight Hard Against Loneliness, Abuse, And The Knowledge That Any Mistakes I Made Would Be Magnified Because I Was The Only Black Man Out There... I Never Cared About Acceptance As Much As I Cared About Respect.