 You only have a few years to play this game and you can't play it if you're all tied up in knots. |
| Unfortunately, inner feelings and potential are often stunted by our parents, relatives or peers. |
| I was bred as an outcast, part Negro and part Seminole, in my early years raised as an Indian. |
| I'm a God-fearing man who worships with my heart and with my life. |
| To me, baseball has always been a reflection of life. Like life, it adjusts. It survives everything. |
| Vietnam helped me realize who the true heroes really are in this world. It's not the home-run hitters. |
| The bat is gone, but the smile remains. |
| Judgment traps you within the limitations of your comparisons. It inhibits freedom. |
| I loved to hit with men on base and with the game on the line. |
| I owe a large part of my success to Joe Brown, who helped me both as a player and a person. |
| I flailed my arm in a throwing motion before I could even walk. |
| I gave out stars whenever an appropriate situation presented itself. |
| I always said that when it was time to retire, I would know it, and I would just tip my hat to the crowds. |
