"The years I was commissioner there were three or four writers, some of them old friends, who were never in my office and never called me up. It seemed that they did go out of their way to be critical. I don't know, maybe it was their style of writing. Commissioner Chandler was heavily criticized, too. So was Mr. Eckert. That's part of the job. But any man who says he doesn't pay attention is crazy. In your heart there is a scar."

"Ford Frick is an able and conscientious administrator of unquestionable integrity who does his job with quiet efficiency." - Red Smith

"Ford Frick isn't the worst commissioner in baseball history, but he's in the photo. He couldn't get up in the last few strides with Happy Chandler, but I don't think anybody can catch Happy Chandler at the wire." - Jim Murray

"For example, Ford Frick. He was underestimated as a commissioner. He was so prophetic." - Bud Selig

"From my experience as a ghostwriter, I know that eventually the writer must fly solo. Assuming that the Babe tired, as most athletes do, it is necessary for the ghost to go the distance." - Jerome Holtzman talking about Frick's writing of Babe Ruth's Own Book of Baseball