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

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.

Baseball is a game, yes. It is also a business. But what is most truly is is disguised combat. For all its gentility, its almost leisurely pace, baseball is violence under wraps.

That's how easy baseball was for me. I'm not trying to brag or anything, but I had the knowledge before I became a professional baseball player to do all these things and know what each guy would hit.

I think I was programmed to do good things when I came into the majors. I knew how to play.

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

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