Happy Chandler

“If a black boy can make it on Okinawa and Guadalcanal, hell, he can make it in baseball.”

“I never met a Kentuckian who wasn't either thinking about going home or actually going home.”

“My fellow Kentuckians, I am home.”

“I'm for the player and the game. I'm for the game and the player. I'm for both of them.”

“This is a people's victory.”

“I was just a country boy from Kentucky. I had to make every second count.”