"Sometimes I think if I had the same body and the same natural ability and someone else's brain, who knows how good a player I might have been."

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"Sometimes I think if I had the same body and the same natural ability and someone else's brain, who knows how good a player I might have been."

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"I guess you could say I'm what this country is all about."

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"A team is where a boy can prove his courage on his own. A gang is where a coward goes to hide."

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"After I hit a home run I had a habit of running the bases with my head down. I figured the pitcher already felt bad enough without me showing him up rounding the bases."

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"When I hit a home run I usually didn't care where it went. So long as it was a home run was all that mattered."

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