The thing I like about baseball is that it's one-on-one. You stand up there alone, and if you make a mistake, it's your mistake. If you hit a home run, it's your home run.

I looked for the same pitch my whole career, a breaking ball. All of the time. I never worried about the fastball. They couldn't throw it past me, none of them.

I can't recall a day this year or last when I did not hear the name of Babe Ruth.

I had many, many, many death threats. I couldn't open letters for a long time, because they all had to be opened by either the FBI or somebody.

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

I don't want people to forget Babe Ruth. I just want them to remember Henry Aaron.

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.