Pop flies, in a sense, are just a diversion for a second baseman. Grounders are his stock trade..

It's not easy to be a martyr in the field of race relations..

The many of us who attain what we may and forget those who help us along the line we've got to remember that there are so many others to pull along t….

Baseball is like a poker game. Nobody wants to quit when he's losing; nobody wants you to quit when you're ahead..

This ain't fun. But you watch me, I'll get it done..

You're going to be a great player, kid..

I ought to break this trophy into 32 pieces.

I never cared about acceptance as much as I cared about respect..

It kills me to lose. If I'm a troublemaker, and I don't think that my temper makes me one, then it's because I can't stand losing. That's the way I a….

The way I figured it, I was even with baseball and baseball with me. The game had done much for me, and I had done much for it..

How you played in yesterday's game is all that counts..

Above anything else, I hate to lose..

Next time I go to a movie and see a picture of a little ordinary girl become a great star… I’ll believe it. And whenever I hear my wife read fairy ta….

I am not concerned with being liked or disliked. I am concerned with being respected.

The most luxurious possession, the richest treasure anybody has, is his personal dignity..

I guess you'd call me an independent, since I've never identified myself with one party or another in politics. I always decide my vote by taking as ….