Branch Rickey Made Me A Better Man.

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 World To Get Major League Baseball To Change Anything—even Spikes On A New Pair Of Shoes—but They Will Eventually...they Are Bound To.

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 Standards Which Have Stood In Such Good Stead In Crises That Are Past. Baseball Cannot Be Selfish, Or Irresponsible, Or Lax. Neither Can The Men Who Operate It.

The Only Thing Abner Doubleday Ever Started Was The Civil War.

Some Day I'm Going To Have To Stand Before God, And If He Asks Me Why I Didn't Let That [jackie] Robinson Fellow Play Ball, I Don't Think Saying 'because Of The Color Of His Skin' Would Be A Good Enough Answer.

Leisure Is The Handmaiden Of The Devil.