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

"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."

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

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

I'm a very lucky guy. I had so many people help me over the years that I never had many problems. If I had a problem, I could sit down with someone and they would explain the problem to me, and the problem become like a baseball game

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.

In order to excel, you must be completely dedicated.