” If you have a chance to accomplish something that will make things better for people coming behind you, and you don’t do that, you are wasting your time on this earth. “
” The farther away you writers stay, the better I like it. You know why? Because you’re trying to create a bad image of me… you do it because I’m black and Puerto Rican, but I’m proud to be Puerto Rican. “
” They said you’d really have to be something to be like Babe Ruth. But Babe Ruth was an American player. What we needed was a Puerto Rican player they could say that about, someone to look up to and try to equal. “
” My father used to say, ‘I want you to be a good man, I want you to learn how to work. And I want you to be a serious person.’ I grew up with that in my mind. “
” I wasn’t ready for the majors when I joined the Pirates in 1955. I was too young and didn’t know my way around. “
” Pitch me outside, I will hit.400. Pitch me inside, and you will not find the ball. “
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