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Last Updated on May 30, 2021

Business
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Nov 07, 2020

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.

Look
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Nov 07, 2020

Every time I look at my pocketbook, I see Jackie Robinson.

Compare
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Nov 07, 2020

I don't compare 'em, I just catch 'em.

Good
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Nov 07, 2020

If you can do that - if you run, hit, run the bases, hit with power, field, throw and do all other things that are part of the game - then you're a good ballplayer.

Best
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Nov 07, 2020

I think I was the best baseball player I ever saw.

Catch
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Nov 07, 2020

They throw the ball, I hit it. They hit the ball, I catch it.

Hit
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Nov 07, 2020

When I'm not hitting, I don't hit nobody. But, when I'm hitting, I hit anybody.

Hit
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Nov 07, 2020

It's not hard. When I'm not hitting, I don't hit nobody. But when I'm hitting, I hit anybody.

Mean
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Nov 07, 2020

I don't mean to be bashful, but I was.

Life
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Nov 07, 2020

I was very fortunate to play sports. All the anger in me went out. I had to do what I had to do. If you stay angry all the time, then you really don't have a good life.

Black
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Nov 07, 2020

At ten I was playing against 18-year-old guys. At 15 I was playing professional ball with the Birmingham Black Barons, so I really came very quickly in all sports.

Me
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Nov 07, 2020

And my father didn't have money for me to go to college. And at that particular time they didn't have black quarterbacks, and I don't think I could have made it in basketball, because I was only 5' 11". So I just picked baseball.

Days
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Nov 07, 2020

I played with the Birmingham Black Barons. I was making 500 at 14. That was a lot of money in those days.

Key
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Nov 07, 2020

Defense to me is the key to playing baseball.

Myself
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Nov 07, 2020

When I was in Birmingham I used to go to a place called Redwood Field. I used to get there for a two o'clock game. Where can you make this kind of money playing sports? It was just a pleasure to go out and enjoy myself and get paid for it.

How
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Nov 07, 2020

When I got to professional ball I used to play 150 games every year. It depends on how many games there was.

Like
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Nov 07, 2020

I would try and help everybody, because the game was so easy for me. It was just like walking in the park.

Good
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Nov 07, 2020

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.

Brag
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Nov 07, 2020

That's how easy baseball was for me. I'm not trying to brag or anything, but I had the knowledge before I became a professional baseball player to do all these things and know what each guy would hit.

Good Things
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Nov 07, 2020

I think I was programmed to do good things when I came into the majors. I knew how to play.

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