I guess what really made me a Dodgers fan from the beginning was that the team had Jackie Robinson, the first 'Negro' in the major leagues.

Jackie Robinson is a true legend.

As much as I loved Jackie Robinson, Roy Campanella, Junior Gilliam, and Don Newcombe, I loved watching Willie Mays play more than all of them combined, even if he played for the 'bad guys!'

I liked Jackie Robinson because he was cool to watch, not because he was black. Every time you turned around, he was hitting a triple or making a great play in the field or, best of all, stealing home.

When I went to Brooklyn in 1948 Jackie Robinson was at the height of his brilliant career.

To be compared to Jackie Robinson is an enormous compliment, but I don't think it's necessarily deserved.