Consistency is what counts; you have to be able to do things over and over again.

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.

Last year, I was sort of a kid and I was a little scared, I ain't scared any more.

You visualize [pitches]. You see it in your head; you think it...I used to play every pitcher in my mind before I went to the ballpark. I started getting ready for ever game the moment I woke up.

The pitcher has got only a ball. I've got a bat. So the percentage in weapons is in my favor and I let the fellow with the ball do the fretting.

You can only milk a cow so long, then you're left holding the pail.

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