I owe a large part of my success to Joe Brown, who helped me both as a player and a person.

Never had I had so many friends and so much fun as I did in the projects.

I was always a self-proclaimed poor slider.

Reporters often forget that athletes are human beings.

Trying to hit Sandy Koufax was like trying to drink coffee with a fork.

I was bred as an outcast, part Negro and part Seminole, in my early years raised as an Indian.

They give you a round bat and they throw you a round ball. And they tell you to hit it square.