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

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

I was very blessed with a good body. Never got hurt. Never was in the hospital. The only time I was in the hospital was when I would get exhausted a little bit, and go in for a check-up or something.

I was very fortunate to play sports. All the anger in me went out. I had to do what I had to do. If you stay angry all the time, then you really don't have a good life.

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

I don't mean to be bashful, but I was

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