Baseball Is A Game, Yes. It Is

At Ten I Was Playing Against 18-year-old Guys. At 15 I Was Playing Professional Ball With The Birmingham Black Barons, So I Really Came Very Quickly In All Sports.

I Was Very Blessed With A Good Body. Never Got Hurt. Never Was In The Hospital. The Only Time I Was In The Hospital Was When I Would Get Exhausted A Little Bit, And Go In For A Check-up Or Something.

If You Can Do That - If You Run, Hit, Run The Bases, Hit With Power, Field, Throw And Do All Other Things That Are Part Of The Game - Then You're A Good Ballplayer.

What's Tough Is Being Good Every Day.

"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."