I'm a ballplayer, not an actor.

It's got to be better than rooming with Joe Page.

In that case Mr. Barrow, Mr. Gehrig is a very underpaid ballplayer.

I always thought there was at least one person in the stands who had never seen me play, and I didn't want to let him down.

I thought he had been shot.

Motivation is something nobody else can give you. Others can help motivate you, but basically it must come from you and it must be a constant desire to do your very best at all times and under any circumstances.

Baseball didn't really get into my blood until I knocked off that hitting streak. Getting a daily hit became more important to me than eating, drinking or sleeping.