Baseball In The Navy Always Was Much

I Did What Any American Could And Should Do: Serve His Country In Its Time Of Need.

I'm No Hero. Heroes Don't Come Back. Survivors Return Home. Heroes Never Come Home. If Anyone Thinks I'm A Hero, I'm Not.

When You Make A Bad Pitch And The Hitter Puts It Out Of The Park And You Cost Your Team The Game, It's A Real Test Of Your Maturity To Be Able To Stand In Front Of Your Locker Fifteen Minutes Later And Admit It To The World. How Many People In Other Professions Would Be Willing To Have Their Job Performances Evaluated That Way, In Front Of Millions, Every Afternoon At Five O'clock.

Every Day Is A New Opportunity. You Can Build On Yesterday's Success Or Put Its Failures Behind And Start Over Again. That's The Way Life Is, With A New Game Every Day, And That's The Way Baseball Is.

I Went On Inactive Duty In August 1945, And Since I Had Stayed In Such Good Shape And Had Played Ball On Military Teams, I Was Ready To Start For The Indians Just Two Days Later, Against The Tigers.