The man with the ball is responsible for what happens to the ball..

Branch Rickey made me a better man..

Thou shalt not steal. I mean defensively. On offense, indeed thou shall steal and thou must..

Trade a player a year too early rather than a year too late..

Problems are the price you pay for progress..

A game of great charm in the adoption of mathematical measurements to the timing of human movements, the exactitudes and adjustments of physical abil….

Don't worry about your individual numbers. Worry about the team. If the team is successful, each of you will be successful, too..

These are uncertain times. We cannot be content to rest on yesterday's laurels. These are times when we must strengthen rather than let down those st….

Never surrender opportunity to security..

Don't look at the hole in the doughnut. Look at the whole doughnut..

Baseball is a game of inches..

He's the best prospect I've ever seen..

Baseball people, and that includes myself, are slow to change and accept new ideas. I remember that it took years to persuade them to put numbers on ….

I am alarmed at the subtle invasion of professional football, which is gaining preeminence over baseball. It's unthinkable..

When (Rube) Waddell had control and some sleep, he was unbeatable..

Baseball people are generally allergic to new ideas; it took years to persuade them to put numbers on uniforms, and it is the hardest thing in the wo….

I'm a man of some intelligence. I've had some education, passed the bar, practiced law. I've been a teacher and I deal with men of substance, state….

Leisure is the handmaiden of the devil..

Fill in any figure you want for that boy (Mickey Mantle). Whatever the figure, it's a deal..

Things worthwhile generally don’t just happen. Luck is a fact, but should not be a factor. Good luck is what is left over after intelligence and effo….

I find fault with my children because I like them and I want them to go places - uprightness and strength and courage and civil respect and anything ….