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

I don't rate them, I just hit them.

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.

I didn't teach you that. Catch the ball with your glove.

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.

Baseball is a game, yes. It is also a business.

Every time I look at my pocketbook, I see Jackie Robinson.