Failure Is Part Of Success.

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.

I Had Many, Many, Many Death Threats. I Couldn't Open Letters For A Long Time, Because They All Had To Be Opened By Either The Fbi Or Somebody. I Couldn't Open Letters. I Had To Be Escorted. In Fact, Just Recently I Went To A Funeral, Calvin Wardlaw, Who Was The Detective -- The Policeman -- With Me For Two Years, Passed Away Just Recently. He And I Got To Be Bosom Buddies Really, But That Was The Hardest Part. I Wasn't Able To Enjoy -- You Know.

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.

You Can Only Milk A Cow So Long, Then You're Left Holding The Pail.

I Think What Separates A Superstar From The Average Ballplayer Is That He Concentrates Just A Little Bit Longer.