I'm Hoping Someday That Some Kid, Black

You Visualize [pitches]. You See It In Your Head; You Think It...i Used To Play Every Pitcher In My Mind Before I Went To The Ballpark. I Started Getting Ready For Ever Game The Moment I Woke Up.

I Used To Love To Come To The Ballpark. Now I Hate It. Every Day Becomes A Little Tougher Because Of All This. Writers, Tape Recorders, Microphones, Cameras, Questions And More Questions. Roger Maris Lost His Hair The Season He Hit Sixty-one. I Still Have All My Hair, But When It's Over, I'm Going Home To Mobile And Fish For A Long Time.

You Know What The Hardest Thing Is? What Nobody Wants To Understand -- Is Me. People Want Their Memories Of Me To Be My Memories Of Me. But You Know What? They're Not.

I Need To Depend On Someone Who Is Bigger, Stronger And Wiser Than I Am. I Don't Do It On My Own. God Is My Strength. He Gave Me A Good Body And Some Talent And The Freedom To Develop It. He Helps Me When Things Go Wrong. He Forgives Me When I Fall On My Face. He Lights The Way.

It Took Me Seventeen Years To Get Three Thousand Hits In Baseball. I Did It In One Afternoon On The Golf Course.