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

What you are thinking, what shape your mind is in, is what makes the biggest difference of all.

I remember the last season I played. I went home after a ballgame one day, lay down on my bed, and tears came to my eyes. How can you explain that? It's like crying for your mother after she's gone. You cry because you love her. I cried, I guess, because I loved baseball, and I knew I had to leave it.

What's tough is being good every day.

I would try and help everybody, because the game was so easy for me. It was just like walking in the park.

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

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.