Maybe I Was Born To Play Ball.

"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."

I Played With The Birmingham Black Barons. I Was Making 500 At 14. That Was A Lot Of Money In Those Days.

I Was Very Fortunate To Play Sports. All The Anger In Me Went Out. I Had To Do What I Had To Do. If You Stay Angry All The Time, Then You Really Don't Have A Good Life.

I Would Try And Help Everybody, Because The Game Was So Easy For Me. It Was Just Like Walking In The Park.

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.