Not even the Emerald Isle itself was as green as the grass that grew in Ebbets Field.

My high salary for one season was forty-six thousand dollars and a Cadillac.

Swing hard, in case they throw the ball where you're swinging.

Man, if I made one million dollars I would come in at six in the morning, sweep the stands, wash the uniforms, clean out the office, manage the team and play the games.

He (Jackie Robinson) was the greatest competitor I've ever seen. I've seen him beat a team with his bat, his ball, his glove, his feet and, in a game in Chicago one time, with his mouth.

You know you're pitching well when the batters look as bad as you do at the plate.

What a player does best, he should practice least. Practice is for problems.

We wept, Brooklyn was a lovely place to hit. If you got a ball in the air, you had a chance to get it out. When they tore down Ebbets Field, they tore down a little piece of me.

Any clod can have the facts, but having opinions is an art.

At each small success we should not become our own heroes in our minds

We must expect reverses, even defeats. They are sent to teach us wisdom and prudence, to call forth greater energies, and to prevent our falling into greater disasters.

Language can be a way of hiding your thoughts and preventing communication.

It isn't about love," Vee said. "It's about fun.

Why do I find the fantasy - husband, family, kids - exhausting instead of alluring? Is there something wrong with me? Do I have a life?

The best way to progress is the path of freedom.

If you fail the first time that's just a chance to start over again.

My father was a sergeant with the Connecticut state police. My mother was a hairstylist.

Apparently deciding Charles’s brief introduction wasn’t good enough, his brother reintroduced himself. “Dr. Samuel Cornick, elder brother and tormentor. Very nice to meet you, Anna—