Baseball Quotes by Pee Wee Reese

Thinking about the things that happened, I don't know any other ball player would could have done what he (Jackie Robinson) did. To be…

— Pee Wee Reese

If I had my career to play over, one thing I'd do differently is swing more. Those 1,200 walks I got, nobody remembers them.

— Pee Wee Reese

Why did they do it? Beats the hell out of me. I was just a scared kid from Kentucky, and these guys had been…

— Pee Wee Reese

Brooklyn was the most wonderful city a man could play in, and the fans there were the most loyal there were.

— Pee Wee Reese

If you had a son, it would be a great thing to have him grow up to be just like Gil Hodges.

— Pee Wee Reese

I used to tell Jackie (Robinson) sometimes when they were throwing at him, 'Jackie, they aren't throwing at you because you are black. They…

— Pee Wee Reese

You can hate a man for many reasons. Color is not one of them.

— Pee Wee Reese

Changing from a player to a coach, I felt like a mosquito in a nudist colony. I didn't know where to begin.

— Pee Wee Reese

I didn't want to play there when I first found out I was sold to Brooklyn, but I'm tickled to death. I'm glad I…

— Pee Wee Reese

Maybe tomorrow we'll all wear 42, so nobody can tell us apart.

— Pee Wee Reese

Being Captain of the Dodgers meant representing an organization committed to winning and trying to keep it going. We could have won every year…

— Pee Wee Reese

I had only played five games in my senior year in high school. I was not large enough. Hell, when I graduated, I was…

— Pee Wee Reese

If you rush in and out of the clubhouse, you rush in and out of baseball.

— Pee Wee Reese