Defense To Me Is The Key To

The Catch Off Bobby Morgan (a Backhanded Grab Of The Brooklyn Dodger's Line Drive In September 1951 At Ebbets Field) In Brooklyn Was The Best Catch I Ever Made. Jackie Robinson And (giants Manager) Leo Durocher Were The First People I Saw When I Opened My Eyes

Baseball Is A Game, Yes. It Is Also A Business. But What Is Most Truly Is Is Disguised Combat. For All Its Gentility, Its Almost Leisurely Pace, Baseball Is Violence Under Wraps.

What You Are Thinking, What Shape Your Mind Is In, Is What Makes The Biggest Difference Of All.

The Greatest Challenge I Think Is Adjusting To Not Playing Baseball. The Reason For That Is I Had To Come Out Of Baseball And Come Into The Business World, Not Being A College Graduate, Not Being Educated To Come Into The Business World The Way I Should Have.

One Of The Hardest Parts Of Practice Is The Criticism A Player Takes From His Coaches. Some Players Think A Coach Has It In For Them When A Flaw In Style Is Pointed Out ... I Know That When Things Start Going Wrong, For One, I Get The Coach To Keep His Eye On Me To See What I'm Suddenly Doing Wrong. I Can't See It Or I Wouldn't Be Doing It In The First Place.