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- Learning
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- Nov 07, 2020
Some people are so busy learning the tricks of the trade that they never learn the trade.
- Church
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- Nov 07, 2020
I got the nickname 'Deacon' because I didn't swear, didn't drink, went to church, and did quite a bit of speaking in other churches, youth groups, and so forth.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
I played against a lot of guys, a lot of good players, and I remember those guys. They're friends now. They weren't then. You wanted to beat them.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
I never chased around with the opposition or got too well acquainted with them, because when the time in the ballgame came up where I had to pitch inside, I didn't want to hesitate.
- Nice
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- Nov 07, 2020
Nice people around Pittsburgh.
- Graduation
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- Nov 07, 2020
They couldn't sign me until after I graduated, but right after graduation day, I had nine different organizations there wanting to sign me.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
Our whole family had been sports oriented. My dad had played a lot of semipro but never had any opportunity to do anything with it. Back then, he had to make a living.
- Job
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- Nov 07, 2020
You sign a contract, and you abide by the contract. And sometimes my turn would come around on Sunday. Even though I didn't like to play baseball on Sunday, it was my job.
- Crazy
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- Nov 07, 2020
It was a crazy series, 1960. The Yankees were predicted to beat us four straight. And on paper, we couldn't match them because they had better players. But we also had twenty-five guys that wanted to win, and we did everything we could to win.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
That's what I think most players want to be remembered as, being a good competitor. Not being a guy who makes excuses. There are a lot of guys who make an excuse before the game why they're not going to win. And those guys are losers.
- Better
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- Nov 07, 2020
I liked Jackie as an individual. I felt bad about how he was treated. He's a better man than me by far.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
I could not have taken what he took, sliding into second base and having a guy stand over you and spit on you, call you every name in the book. Believe me, for him not to respond, to ignore it and not retaliate, you can't say enough good about Jackie.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
At 87, I have to keep moving because, if I sit down, you never know what might happen.
- Game
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- Nov 07, 2020
I wouldn't trade my life with anybody else. I played during the golden day of baseball, back when it was a game and when it was fun.
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
I had to go out and give my team a chance. I didn't want to be remembered as the guy blowing the World Series.
- Game
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- Nov 07, 2020
I said, 'Maz, if I hadn't screwed up that Game 7, you wouldn't be in the Hall of Fame.'
- Enough
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- Nov 07, 2020
I wanted to be successful enough that I'd have opportunities to talk about the church. I wanted people to listen whenever I talked about it.
- Got
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- Nov 07, 2020