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In Baseball, There Is Something Electrifying About The Big Leagues. I Had Read So Much About Stan Musial, Ted Williams And Jackie Robinson. I Had Put Those Guys On A Pedestal. They Were Something Special. I Really Thought They Put Their Pants On Different, Rather Than One Leg At A Time.

There Wasn't Much White People Would Allow Us To Do In Those Days. You Could Be A Schoolteacher Or An Athlete To Get Away From The Manual Labor And Servant-type Jobs, But There Wasn't Much Else They Were Going To Allow You [to] Do.

Guessing What The Pitcher Is Going To Throw Is 80% Of Being A Successful Hitter. The Other 20% Is Just Execution.

There Is No Such Thing As A Bed Of Roses All Your Life.

I Need To Depend On Someone Who Is Bigger, Stronger And Wiser Than I Am. I Don't Do It On My Own. God Is My Strength. He Gave Me A Good Body And Some Talent And The Freedom To Develop It. He Helps Me When Things Go Wrong. He Forgives Me When I Fall On My Face. He Lights The Way.