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

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

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

At ten I was playing against 18-year-old guys. At 15 I was playing professional ball with the Birmingham Black Barons, so I really came very quickly in all sports.

The greatest challenge I think is adjusting to not playing baseball. The reason for that is I had to come out of baseball and come into the business world, not being a college graduate, not being educated to come into the business world the way I should have.

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

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