Failure is part of success.

Roger Maris lost his hair the season he hit sixty-one, I still have all my hair, but when it's over, I'm going home to Mobile and fish for a long time.

I never smile when I have a bat in my hands. That's when you've got to be serious.

The triple is the most exciting play in baseball. Home runs win a lot of games, but I never understood why fans are so obsessed with them.

Failure is a part of success.

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.

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.