I learned early to drink beer, wine and whiskey. And I think I was about 5 when I first chewed tobacco.
Reading isn't good for a ballplayer. Not good for his eyes. If my eyes went bad even a little bit I couldn't hit home runs. So I gave up reading.
Every Strike is one step closer to a Home Run
I don't need to know where the green is. Where is the golf course?
Baseball was, is and always will be to me the best game in the world.
I copied (Shoeless Joe) Jackson's style because I thought he was the greatest hitter I had ever seen, the greatest natural hitter I ever saw. He's the guy who made me a hitter.