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I loved coming up with players in scoring position and I had to drive them in.

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I could run like a gazelle, couldn't I?

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I had pain in both knees my whole career. Not many athletes play pain-free. Mine was just more than normal.

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I was doing what I love to do: play baseball. Not going to complain about that.

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Ballplayers, like everyone else, like to get told they did something right.

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Winning is a serious matter.

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Even during my career, when I read all those great things about me, it's almost like I was reading about someone else. It's almost like there was another person.

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In my first year, when I was driving in runs, winning games and making headlines, there was an old man who came to games at Seals Stadium, and one day he called me over, introduced himself and told me not to believe anything written about me or think too much of all the accolades.

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I had talked for years about doing a restaurant with Rocky Dudum, who's been my friend since I first came to San Francisco. Then Rocky's son, Jeff, said he wanted to design it, so he traveled around the country to sports restaurants like Mickey Mantle's and Michael Jordan's, and he came up with a great concept.

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It doesn't seem like it's been 50 years. I don't even feel like I'm 50 years old yet, though I've had all these knee and back operations.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Athlete

Born: January 10th, 1938

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