When I'm not hitting, I don't hit nobody. But, when I'm hitting, I hit anybody.

They throw the ball, I hit it. They hit the ball, I catch it.

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.

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.

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.

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

Defense to me is the key to playing baseball.