All I had was natural ability.

Never surrender opportunity for security.

Luck is the residue of design.

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.

I am alarmed at the subtle invasion of professional football, which is gaining preeminence over baseball. It’s unthinkable.

He’s the best prospect I’ve ever seen.

I don’t like the subtle infiltration of ‘something for nothing’ philosophies into the very hearthstone of the American family. I believe that ‘Thou shalt earn the bread by the sweat of thy face’ was a benediction and not a penalty. Work is the zest of life; there is joy in its pursuit.

Don’t worry about your individual numbers. Worry about the team. If the team is successful, each of you will be successful, too.

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.

Don’t look at the hole in the doughnut. Look at the whole doughnut.