Branch Rickey Made Me A Better Man.

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 Effort Have Combined At Their Best. Negligence Or Indifference Are Usually Reviewed From An Unlucky Seat. The Law Of Cause And Effect And Causality Both Work The Same With Inexorable Exactitudes. Luck Is The Residue Of Design.

I Cannot Face My God Much Longer Knowing That His Black Creatures Are Held Separate And Distinct From His White Creatures In The Game That Has Given Me All That I Can Call My Own.

It Is Not The Honor That You Take With You, But The Heritage You Leave Behind.

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.

Never Surrender Opportunity To Security.