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I Looked For The Same Pitch My Whole Career, A Breaking Ball. All Of The Time. I Never Worried About The Fastball. They Couldn't Throw It Past Me, None Of Them.

The Way I See It, It's A Great Thing To Be The Man Who Hit The Most Home Runs, But It's A Greater Thing To Be The Man Who Did The Most With The Home Runs He Hit. So As Long As There's A Chance That Maybe I Can Hammer Out A Little Justice Now And Then, Or A Little Opportunity Here And There, I Intend To Do As I Always Have -- Keep Swinging.

Maybe The Day Will Come When I Can Sit Back And Be Content....but Until That Day Comes, I Intend To Stay In The Batter's Box - I Don't Let The Big Guys Push Me Out Of There Anymore - And Keep Hammering Away.

I Never Doubted My Ability, But When You Hear All Your Life You're Inferior, It Makes You Wonder If The Other Guys Have Something You've Never Seen Before. If They Do, I'm Still Looking For It.

There Wasn't Much White People Would Allow Us To Do In Those Days. You Could Be A Schoolteacher Or An Athlete To Get Away From The Manual Labor And Servant-type Jobs, But There Wasn't Much Else They Were Going To Allow You [to] Do.