It Took Me Seventeen Years To Get

In Playing Ball, And In Life, A Person Occasionally Gets The Opportunity To Do Something Great. When That Time Comes, Only Two Things Matter: Being Prepared To Seize The Moment And Having The Courage To Take Your Best Swing.

Maybe The Day Will Come When I Can Sit Back And Be Content....but Until That Day Comes, I Intend To Stay In The Batter's Box - I Don't Let The Big Guys Push Me Out Of There Anymore - And Keep Hammering Away.

[my Father] Didn't Make Much Money, And I Tell A Lot Of People, You Know, I Was A Vegetarian Before People Knew What A Vegetarian Was. That's All I Ate Was Vegetables.

Didn't Come Up Here To Read. Came Up Here To Hit.

I Was Being Thrown To The Wolves. Even Though I Did Something Great, Nobody Wanted To Be A Part Of It. I Was So Isolated. I Couldn't Share It. For Many Years, Even After Jackie Robinson, Baseball Was So Segregated, Really. You Just Didn't Expect Us To Have A Chance To Do Anything. Baseball Was Meant For The Lily-white.