Baseball is only a game, a game of inches and a lot of luck. During a time of all-out war, sports are very insignificant.

Every day is a new opportunity. You can build on yesterday's success or put its failures behind and start over again. That's the way life is, with a new game every day, and that's the way baseball is.

Duty: A Father, His Son and the Man Who Won the War.

I don't think baseball owes colored people anything. I don't think colored people owe baseball anything, either.

As much as we disliked the Yankees, fans and players alike, they were good for baseball. They consistently unsuccessful teams like the Browns, Senators, and A's paid a lot of their bills with those big crowds that poured through the gates when the Yankees came to town.

There was great leadership in this country at the time of World War II. There was also unrelenting resolve at home, in America's factories and on the farms, in the cities and the country.