I don't mean to be bashful, but I was
In order to excel, you must be completely dedicated.
They throw the ball, I hit it. They hit the ball, I catch it.
"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."
Youngsters of Little League can survive undercoaching a lot better than overcoaching.
When I was in Birmingham I used to go to a place called Redwood Field. I used to get there for a two o'clock game. Where can you make this kind of money playing sports? It was just a pleasure to go out and enjoy myself and get paid for it.