Maybe I was born to play ball. Maybe I truly was.

"And my father didn't have money for me to go to college. And at that particular time they didn't have black quarterbacks, and I don't think I could have made it in basketball, because I was only 5′ 11". So I just picked baseball."

I played with the Birmingham Black Barons. I was making 500 at 14. That was a lot of money in those days.

Youngsters of Little League can survive undercoaching a lot better than overcoaching.

In order to excel, you must be completely dedicated to your chosen sport. You must also be prepared to work hard and be willing to accept constructive criticism. Without one-hundred percent dedication, you won't be able to do this.

I'm not the type of guy to go out and just say, 'Hey, I'm raising my fist to do this and do that.' I don't think I'm that type of guy. I wasn't a leader the way other people may have wanted me to be.

It isn't hard to be good from time to time in sports. What is tough, is being good every day.