Luck Is The Residue Of

These Are Uncertain Times. We Cannot Be Content To Rest On Yesterday's Laurels. These Are Times When We Must Strengthen Rather Than Let Down Those Standards Which Have Stood In Such Good Stead In Crises That Are Past. Baseball Cannot Be Selfish, Or Irresponsible, Or Lax. Neither Can The Men Who Operate It.

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.

Baseball People, And That Includes Myself, Are Slow To Change And Accept New Ideas. I Remember That It Took Years To Persuade Them To Put Numbers On Uniforms.

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.

It (a Baseball Box Score) Doesn't Tell How Big You Are, What Church You Attend, What Color You Are, Or How Your Father Voted In The Last Election. It Just Tells What Kind Of Baseball Player You Were On That Particular Day.