“The greatest untapped reservoir of raw material in the history of our game is the black race.”

“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 that affects the probabilities of failure on the part of those that are closest to me, that concerns me - I find fault.”

“The greatest untapped reservoir of raw material in the history of our game is the black race.”

“Ethnic prejudice has no place in sports, and baseball must recognize that truth if it is to maintain stature as a national game.”

“A full mind is an empty baseball bat.”

“Luck is the residue of design.”