"I believe 100 per cent in continued running after 40, and racing too, if one so desires."

"Always take the long term view and train and race smart, with a bit of caution."

"This sport is the sport to see what you are made of, so use those expert's advice, but be free to be your own champion runner, picking and choosing advice you enjoy and that works best for you."

"If you watch a game, it's fun. If you play it, it's recreation. If you work at it, it's golf."

"Players can be divided, roughly, into four types. Those who have ability and know it, those who have it and don't know it, those who don't have it and know it, and those who don't have it but don't know it."

"It's been years since I've had a real input in the game anyway. For this game, I've just tried to keep all the other stuff away from the players and coaches."

"If we'd beaten 'em, I wouldn't be going out."

"If I miss coaching that much, I could go to some little school where they didn't recruit, where all the kids wanted to go. I believe I could find somewhere to coach."

"I've had many a player tell me all through high school and right up until signing day that they were coming to Alabama, then they signed with somebody else."

"I plan on staying at Alabama for the rest of my career. I guarantee that I'll be here for you through it all, regardless of what happens."

"I didn't have a thing to do with picking a coach, and didn't want to. But I didn't think they'd pick one I didn't like."

"Winning isn't everything, but it beats anything that comes in second."

"No coach has ever won a game by what he knows; it's what his players know that counts."

"How has retirement affected my golf game? A lot more people beat me now."

"When you play, play hard; when you work, don't play at all."

"In life, as in a football game, the principle to follow is:hit the line hard."

"I don't feel right unless I have a sport to play or at least a way to work up a sweat."

"On the field, blacks have been able to be super giants. But, once our playing days are over, this is the end of it and we go back to the back of the bus again."

"It took me seventeen years to get three thousand hits in baseball. I did it in one afternoon on the golf course."

"It took me seventeen years to get 3,000 hits in baseball. I did it in one afternoon on the golf course."

"The triple is the most exciting play in baseball. Home runs win a lot of games, but I never understood why fans are so obsessed with them."

"My motto was always to keep swinging. Whether I was in a slump or feeling badly or having trouble off the field, the only thing to do was keep swinging."

"I have always felt that although someone may defeat me, and I strike out in a ball game, the pitcher on the particular day was the best player. But I know when I see him again, I'm going to be ready for his curve ball. Failure is a part of success. There is no such thing as a bed of roses all your life. But failure will never stand in the way of success if you learn from it."

"Discover Greatness: An Illustrated History of Negro Leagues Baseball,"