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"Robinson was important to all blacks. To make it into the majors and to take all the name calling, he had to be something special. He had to take all this for years, not just for Jackie Robinson, but for the nation."
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"Baseball is what we were, and football is what we have become."
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"Hitting a baseball well, as in cricket, is a very rare skill. One of most difficult things to do in the world to do, hitting a ball coming at you at ninety miles an hour with a round bat. Wonderful to watch."
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"I always get very calm with baseball."
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"I'm going through a divorce now. This is the second one, and like baseball, I'm not gonna get three strikes. I've been living by myself for five years and I'm very comfortable. I can play my guitar when I want to."
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"When I was in baseball and you went into the clubhouse, you didn't see ball players with curling irons."
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"I wasn't athletic. I played baseball, but I was terrible."
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"Maybe I was born to play ball. Maybe I truly was."
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"The Oakland clubhouse is a wonderful place. A lot of these guys feel like rejects. They were rejects and they feel - they can tell you how baseball screwed up."
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"If I walked back into the booth in the year 2025, I don't think it would have changed much. I think baseball would be played and managed pretty much the same as it is today. It's a great survivor."
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"It's no secret what's going on in baseball. At least half the players are using steroids."
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"Maybe I was born to play ball. Maybe I truly was."
Baseball
"I didn't say I was that smart, I said I went to class and I enjoyed what I was doing."
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"When I got to professional ball I used to play 150 games every year. It depends on how many games there was."
Sports
"I would try and help everybody, because the game was so easy for me. It was just like walking in the park."
Help
"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."
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"Robinson was important to all blacks. To make it into the majors and to take all the name calling, he had to be something special. He had to take all this for years, not just for Jackie Robinson, but for the nation."
Baseball
"I always enjoyed playing ball, and it didn't matter to me whether I played with white kids or black. I never understood why an issue was made of who I played with, and I never felt comfortable, when I grew up, telling other people how to act."
People
"In order to excel, you must be completely dedicated to your chosen sport. You must also be prepared to work hard and be willing to accept constructive criticism. Without one-hundred percent dedication, you won't be able to do this."
Work
"People talk about that catch and, I've said this many times, that I've made better catches than that many times in regular season. But of course in my time, you didn't have a lot of television during the regular season. A lot of people didn't see me do a lot of things."
Time
"I think I was programmed to do good things when I came into the majors. I knew how to play."
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