In order to excel, you must be completely dedicated to your chosen sport. You must also be prepared to work hard and be willing to accept constructive criticism. Without one-hundred percent dedication, you won`t be able to do this.
In 1950, when the Giants signed me, they gave me $15,000. I bought a 1950 Mercury. I couldn`t drive, but I had it in the parking lot there, and everybody that could drive would drive the car. So it was like a community thing.
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.
I`m a very lucky guy. I had so many people help me over the years that I never had many problems. If I had a problem, I could sit down with someone and they would explain the problem to me, and the problem become like a baseball game.
It`s not hard. When I`m not hitting, I don`t hit nobody. But when I`m hitting, I hit anybody.
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