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Thou Shalt Not Steal. I Mean Defensively. On Offense, Indeed Thou Shall Steal And Thou Must.

Never Surrender Opportunity To Security.

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.

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.

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.