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

Defense to me is the key to playing baseball.

One of the hardest parts of practice is the criticism a player takes from his coaches. Some players think a coach has it in for them when a flaw in style is pointed out ... I know that when things start going wrong, for one, I get the coach to keep his eye on me to see what I'm suddenly doing wrong. I can't see it or I wouldn't be doing it in the first place.

When I got to professional ball I used to play 150 games every year. It depends on how many games there was.

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

What you are thinking, what shape your mind is in, is what makes the biggest difference of all.

I always enjoyed playing ball, and it didn't matter to me whether I played with white kids or black. I never understood why an issue was made of who I played with, and I never felt comfortable, when I grew up, telling other people how to act