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

I never thought home runs were all that exciting. I still think the triple is the most exciting thing in baseball. To me, a triple is like a guy taking the ball on his 1-yard line and running 99 yards for a touchdown.

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.

Whatever we do, make sure we clean up baseball.

Guessing what the pitcher is going to throw is 80% of being a successful hitter. The other 20% is just execution.

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.

If I knew exactly what I know now and had it to do over, I'd be a switch hitter. No telling what I could have done.