What's tough is being good every day.
I didn't teach you that. Catch the ball with your glove.
Defense to me is the key to playing baseball.
What you are thinking, what shape your mind is in, is what makes the biggest difference of all.
If you can do that - if you run, hit, run the bases, hit with power, field, throw and do all other things that are part of the game - then you're a good ballplayer.
At ten I was playing against 18-year-old guys. At 15 I was playing professional ball with the Birmingham Black Barons, so I really came very quickly in all sports.