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I Had Just Turned 20, And Jackie Told Me The Only Way To Be Successful At Anything Was To Go Out And Do It. He Said Baseball Was A Game You Played Every Day, Not Once A Week.

The Thing I Like About Baseball Is That It's One-on-one. You Stand Up There Alone, And If You Make A Mistake, It's Your Mistake. If You Hit A Home Run, It's Your Home Run.

I Never Thought Home Runs Were All That Exciting. I Still Think The Triple Is The Most Exciting Thing In Baseball. To Me, A Triple Is Like A Guy Taking The Ball On His 1-yard Line And Running 99 Yards For A Touchdown.

I Used To Love To Come To The Ballpark. Now I Hate It. Every Day Becomes A Little Tougher Because Of All This. Writers, Tape Recorders, Microphones, Cameras, Questions And More Questions. Roger Maris Lost His Hair The Season He Hit Sixty-one. I Still Have All My Hair, But When It's Over, I'm Going Home To Mobile And Fish For A Long Time.

I Had Many, Many, Many Death Threats. I Couldn't Open Letters For A Long Time, Because They All Had To Be Opened By Either The Fbi Or Somebody.