There never has been a man in the game who could put mind and muscle together quicker and with better judgment than Robinson.

It is not the honor that you take with you, but the heritage you leave behind.

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.

Man may penetrate the outer reaches of the universe, he may solve the very secret of eternity itself but for me, the ultimate human experience is to witness the flawless execution of the hit-and-run.

Success is that place in the road where preparation meets opportunity.

If things don't come easy, there is no premium on effort. There should be joy in the chase, zest in the pursuit.

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

Worry is simply thinking the same thing over and over again and not doing anything about it.

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

Good luck is what is left over after intelligence and effort have combined at their best. Luck is the residue of design.

I don't care if I was a ditch-digger at a dollar a day, I'd want to do my job better than the fellow next to me. I'd want to be the best at whatever I do.

But God has set no traps for us. Quite the contrary. He has summoned us to the only true and full freedom.

I had become an arrow of sound aimed at the most terrible creature in the city.

No individual is alone responsible for a single stepping stone along the path of progress, and where the path is smooth progress is most rapid.

Society can transport money from rich to poor only in a leaky bucket

Literally from the moment I came in the door of MIT, it was very clear that a highly productive 40-year partnership between U.S. research universities and the federal government was badly eroding.

Developing an explicit decision-making process upfront for how you will make that decision will help alleviate conflict and gridlock when you actually need to decide.

The world is moving, and a company that contents itself with present accomplishments soon falls behind.

I think it's our job to be happy and find happiness for ourselves.

You can never control other people. You can only control yourself. I have definitely learned that.