In Order To Excel, You Must Be

"and My Father Didn't Have Money For Me To Go To College. And At That Particular Time They Didn't Have Black Quarterbacks, And I Don't Think I Could Have Made It In Basketball, Because I Was Only 5′ 11". So I Just Picked Baseball."

Yes, I Had To Learn How To Live Life Outside, But I Had So Many People Help Me.

I'm A Very Lucky Guy. I Had So Many People Help Me Over The Years That I Never Had Many Problems. If I Had A Problem, I Could Sit Down With Someone And They Would Explain The Problem To Me, And The Problem Become Like A Baseball Game

What You Are Thinking, What Shape Your Mind Is In, Is What Makes The Biggest Difference Of All.

The Catch Off Bobby Morgan (a Backhanded Grab Of The Brooklyn Dodger's Line Drive In September 1951 At Ebbets Field) In Brooklyn Was The Best Catch I Ever Made. Jackie Robinson And (giants Manager) Leo Durocher Were The First People I Saw When I Opened My Eyes